White Privilege Doesn't Exist. Black Privilege Doesn't Exist.

Affirmative action is systematic racism that punishes or rewards based on skin color.

NICE!!!! meme

Agreed! We must own who we really are.

This is why you're wrong about white privilege not existing.

As for American privilege: we're falling behind other first-world countries on many indicators of social and economic well-being.

The atrocious coronavirus response has underscored that.

We're a sick country, literally, and installing a know-nothing like Trump at the helm of our government is a major factor in that.

He won't be for much longer, though.

Oprah, Kaepernick, and I'm surprised you didn't mention Obama: the first black President whose election conclusively proved racism against blacks no longer exists in this country forever and always. /s

Indeed, there's a laundry list of black Americans who have succeeded through sheer talent and perseverance despite racism holding them back. I would not classify a difficult upbringing as a "privilege." That is pretty much the textbook opposite definition of privilege. Being presented with obstacle after obstacle can be morally edifying, or it can just wear you down.

Oprah had a difficult upbringing. Read more if you'd like but it suffices to say no one would have predicted her to become the most successful black entrepreneur ever.

https://www.liveabout.com/childhood-biography-of-oprah-winfrey-2535832#:~:text=Oprah%20Gail%20Winfrey%20was%20born%20on%20January%2029%2C,her%20young%20daughter%20there%20after%20securing%20a%20job.

People succeed in spite of racism, but it's a mistake to hold them up as examples that white privilege doesn't exist. But don't take my word for it. Perhaps you should listen to what they have to say!

From a 2013 interview:

"WINFREY: It would be foolish to not recognize that we have evolved, and that we’re not still facing the same kind of terrorism against black people en masse as was displayed with the Scottsboro boys. It’s gotten better.

"Are there still places where people are terrorized because of the color of their skin, because of the color of their black skin? Yes. But there are laws that have allowed us to progress beyond what we saw in the Scottsboro Boys, and beyond even prejudice that we see in The Butler. I mean, his ability to go in… One of my favorite scenes ever — spoiler alert — is him going in and asking for the raise. I think that’s one of the finest acting jobs I’ve ever seen. You know that moment?

"INTERVIEWER: Of course. Are you saying problem solved?

"WINFREY: I’m saying problem not solved. I’m saying that, you know, that’s the beauty of a film like The Butler, and it’s the beauty of a film like 12 Years a Slave, and it’s the beauty of what we’re seeing on stage with Scottsboro Boys … it allows people to see where the root of the problem started. It allows people to see, 'Oh, that’s where it all started, this is how far we’ve come, and now this is how much farther we need to go.'”

I'd certainly agree to that. I draw a different conclusion, however: The ubiquity and persistence of racism only means we should fight it all the harder.

Indeed racism exists internationally, and in many cases worse than here. But consistent with your OP meme's invocation of patriotism, I was centering this conversation in our country. Where whites are a social and, certainly, economic majority.

There are pockets where this is different. You mentioned Oprah, a billionaire, and several other successful African-Americans. I would offer this more run-of-the-mill example: If a white kid goes to a majority-black school and gets bullied because his skin color is different, that's wrong too. Obviously.

However, we're talking about all of American society, where blacks are about 13% of the population and yet own way, way less than 13% of the country's wealth.

The typical black family owns 10 cents for every dollar the typical white family has. There's a whole history behind why this is still the case that goes back to, yes, slavery and Jim Crow. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a significant step forward but didn't magically put blacks on an equal playing field in practical terms. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-why-black-families-have-struggled-for-decades-to-gain-wealth-2019-02-28

Education is the most common ticket to upward mobility: Some blacks achieve it, but many others are held back by segregated and undernourished schooling and living environments.

"But America is not about economic equality, just formal equality under the law, you socialists!!!"

Some degree of economic inequality will always exist in society. Different talents and work ethics produce different outcomes, as they should. However, the gap between black and white is so vast and so persistent that it's shameful and ought to command our attention and a real policy response. Indeed, precisely because it was racist government policies (chiefly slavery and Jim Crow) that established this inequality and continue to have ramifications to this day.

Well exqueeeeeeeeeeze me.

It was a paraphrase. I see no daylight between these two phrases. I can't think of any country on the world that doesn't have racism.

The elimination of racism, like ending world hunger, is an aspirational dream perhaps but one worth fighting for.

You've clarified that in your opinion racism... "faded into the background in America" (exact quote!) prior to Obama's election.

Well, interesting theory but I disagree. It was always there. Obama's presidency did, perhaps, trigger racists into coming roaring back with a vengeance.

And that's *why* Trump, the birther-in-chief, was elected!

Yeah, not a race issue at all,but you made it one anyways because you're a racist

Only got to halfway through the second line of our AOL antique flexing the atrophied noodles that used to be its arms to type all this.How quaint.How do you keep your crepe paper ass from snapping in half when you jerk off to Br?

Sometimes I wonder if your Alt Right trolling idiocy IS parody

Again,you are so focused on being a deliberate idiot, you project too much, which is why you deflect away from the OP's comments.Your smugness is what it is,a lame attempt at being a pretentious pseudo intellectual in order to make up for the inadequacy that comes with being a hasbeen neverwas swathed in the spittle of his own briny bitterness

Why do you think Trump was elected?The army of illegal invading Mexican zombies the Democrats have stored to win elections because they feel guilty for registering while dead and illegal for nefarious purposes did it

As if if the right and non-racist thing to do is to eliminate the safety net and let people starve

Not to mention the very notion that the poor in need of help are non-white is racist.The chrous of "the 'they' vote Democrat because they want free stuff" makes racist
assumptions about who the voters are,what their economic status automatically is supposed to be due to this racial categorization,and that what they want is handouts because of their race and inability to do otherwise because of it

But those racist views are not racist according to those who use such stereotyping as part of their propaganda

Not to mention the constant "Republicans freed you from slavery,so now all you blacks owe us your votes because that's the whole of your identity"

Calling dibs on votes because somehow they're obliged and thus owned? Nope, hardly sounds like the chains of slavery at all

Now go on, harrass some newbs,telling them you're going to *boo hoo* chase them from the site

Oh well, looks like I'll have to schedule an appointment with a therapist
Any recommendations? I understand ye're some'in of a connoisseur

Just kiddin, we both know ye're writhin' in yer cabin like a decapitated chicken

Now comes the fun game of watching you find the typos I deliberately put in my comments, because, YOU the smarrt one here.Keep on going crazy letting your paranoia troll you guessing who this really is after I seld-delete

Carry on with your awesome AOL fighting skillz.
Your pathetic triggered rants are a true delight.

This looks like a Vagabond screed, and I don't typically upvote the comments of self-deleted users, but it was a great takedown anyway, so *upvoted*

Except it looks TOO MUCH like my drivel.

About 90% of that is cobbled from stuff I have actually said, verbatim.
If I was going to repeat myself so word for word, I wouldn't bother posting it again.

Go through the OP's (that would be Timber in my book, another error this faker made in emulating me) memes and find my posts on his memes of Jefferson and Rights. There's a couple with massive walls of text from me, one from a cpl of months ago and another from early last year. Same theme, points, sardonic glib-ishness, but the wording for each is different.

If I was going to make a one-comment-and-delete incognito account, I wouldn't be stitching together a pile of quotes from me. Pretty sure I've also never used the "safety net" nor referred to people starving without it.
This person also used speech-to-text and didn't bother cleaning it up after. I may make typos, but I don't like sloppy. I would have also dolled it up with emojis or a meme. I like to make things pretty.

Walk/Quack/Duck

They're gonna have to stuff your upper nasal passages with smelling salts for this one, bub, you is O-U-T.

Just because in your opinion, you don't believe it exists, doesn't prove it doesn't exist. You just like to natter on tho, and looks like you're getting upset. Good.

Yep, what does it say when they bleat 'Trump is a moron' one second and 'We need positive words from Trump to get by' the next? Truly pathetic.

Policy is one thing, crying about meaningless words of platitude is another. They'd rather have a slick conman that robs them blind then a rough edged guy that gaffs at times yet has a decent intention.

Wrong

Nope, not at all ya nunce. Holy shit.

500 yrs eh? Oookkkkaaaaayyyy.

500 yrs ago Michealangelo painted the Sistine Chapel.

Derp

Actually, yes, on vacation visiting family, couple beers in, many many more to go. Happy Canada Day!!

Now we runnin errands as I collect more booze for the evening celebrations and get my ears lowered. That's the kind of piece of shit you are, you couldn't even say Happy Canada day to your neighbours. I'm not that way, it's a couple days away but hey, Happy Fourth, stay safe.

I thought you were anti globalist? There's more culture and civilized movement in Europe's little finger than the entirety of North America. Architecture, Art, Engineering, Science etc. Where the f**k do you think North America got it? Yay, Google and Facebook, good for you

No, eyes shut, you're wrong.

Just because you're too lazy or ignorant, or both, to take advantage of the incredible opportunity offered to ALL CITIZENS by this great country, don't try to pretend that that opportunity doesn't exist.

The USA offers the American dream to anyone who is willing to work for it, regardless of where they start. Trust me, I know this first hand. My family was poor when I was young, and I was poor well into my adult years.

My Dad got fed up with it during the years I was a senior in high school / freshman in college, and did something about it. He went back to school and got his MBA, and made a better life for us. But being young and stupid (like you... well, the stupid part) what he did didn't register with me until much later in life, in spite of him being an excellent role model, and showing me that anyone can change their circumstance in America, if they want to... if they're willing to work hard for it. So, like him, I finally got fed up, and quit trying to blame others for my laziness, and did something about it.

Just because you have your head buried in the sand (and by sand, I mean up your butt) doesn't mean you should drag down the rest of us with your incredibly ignorant, naive, and defeatist attitude.

I think Canadians suffer from a kind of country based p**is envy. Ours is bigger

Yeah, super jelous of you guys, I wish we had no healthcare, race riots, balloning covid crisis, not being allowed in other countries and a f**kin racist pos for a president. Sooooo green with envy

Hahaha you are a tard and British subject. Now bow to the Queen and assume your station. The US has always been exceptional among nations of the world and still is. You think you’ll jump in and get a couple of kicks in while we are down. The Japanese counted us out, the Germans, and your Maoist communist Buddies. We always come back stronger. Your P**is envy is clearly showing in your hate.

Wow, you sound just like timber, you guys all suck the same dick I guess.

You saying being gay is wrong or something to ridicule?

That’s very un liberal of you. You will need to go back to brainwashing camp

See that there is the American arrogance shining through. Soory to tell you, but that American dream right now looks like a f**kin nightmare, y'all aint doin so good. Do you think America is the only place that that can be achieved? Good for you and your pops. I grew up and watched my mother start as a single mother as a waitress, work, get educated and blossom a carrer as an event planner, hotel managment, and cfo for the Canada winter games in her long carrer before she passed last year. Do you not believe any of those European countries can't achieve their own dreams and with healthcare? Why do you think you don't have so many Norweigen immagrants that heir trump complained y'all didn't have enough of a couple years back, also with free education and health care? The American dream is just a fallacy to make you feel good about yourselves, any one in the world can achieve their dreams and it doesnt have to be in the US. And we have healthcare.

That statement is wrong again, f**k you're misinformed and not worth wasting my time

A comedian in Vancouver was arrested and briefly jailed for 'mocking someone's identity' a year or two ago, I believe. I could be wrong but he at least got a fine of tens of thousands.

Glad you're celebrating with family. Enjoy it.

Ontario, $7k fine, handy capped fella with facial deformaties.
Thanks, buzy 1100 km week of visits.

So what? Who said you couldn’t do better. By all means go ahead be proud of your country I’m proud of Mine and you can suck an egg if you don’t like it ya filthy animal. We have healthcare too actually as a matter of fact we have a highly skilled healthcare system and practitioners as well. So sell your leftist commie crap Up there in the frozen tundra and keep it there