To those who can't or don't understand privilege, show them this Video

[Common Sense 1]

So having a stable family that provides for the family is "privilege"
We are living in a truly crazy world today.

 

[Dragonfly]

Yo folks...

"Privilege" = "Advantage"

Stop trying to re-write the intention of the video into something it's not. :doh

 

[Dragonfly]

OMG. This video is not talking about white privilege. Unbelievable the take some have on this...

All you have to do is look at the members doing that. It's all explained there.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

"two parents" is white privilege?
"father figure" is white privilege?
Yup says a lot about who ever did the video views Blacks...

If you heard the term "white privilege" in the video, you might be a racialist like some of the BLM supporters.

Or need new batteries for your hearing aid.
Or need a hearing aid like I do.

 

[Dragonfly]

So having a stable family that provides for the family is "privilege"
We are living in a truly crazy world today.

If you don't think having a stable family is an advantage, then you seriously need to change your screen name.

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

Then call it by another name... an advantage, a leg up, a head start. To say it’s “their culture” so it doesn’t count is to ignore the situation and blame the person in the race.

Privilege is a charged word. And being in a two family home with a father figure is an advantage, but it's not a privilege, and the way to fix this has nothing to do with me but with the culture that this is most common in. It's not about blame, it's about responsibility. when you charge the word "privilege" to things like poor education choices, certain scholarships, and poor family dynamics, you change the fault and responsibility to the wrong people.

I must say, though, Rev, I didn’t pay attention to the skin color of those left behind. I was too busy absorbing not the powerful message. I did think the question about athletic ability was confusing.

It has to do with the majority of athletic scholarships go to minorities, he had to exclude this in order to show "privilege", had he included this, there would be less separation.

It is unfortunate that a people’s culture often adds a DISadvantage. But it does. And until we can fix that? It’ll be the same old same old.

But it's not privilege. privilege is a charged word.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

So having a stable family that provides for the family is "privilege"
We are living in a truly crazy world today.

It is odd to hear that word associated with things that are often taken for granted isn't it?

The point, I think, is that many folks—especially poor folk—cannot take these things for granted.

 

[MaggieD]

Privilege is a charged word. And being in a two family home with a father figure is an advantage, but it's not a privilege, and the way to fix this has nothing to do with me but with the culture that this is most common in. It's not about blame, it's about responsibility. when you charge the word "privilege" to things like poor education choices, certain scholarships, and poor family dynamics, you change the fault and responsibility to the wrong people.




It has to do with the majority of athletic scholarships go to minorities, he had to exclude this in order to show "privilege", had he included this, there would be less separation.




But it's not privilege. privilege is a charged word.

I will agree with you that privilege is most definitely a charged word.

 

[Cigar]

Maybe I should put this in my sig for you people. I grew up working poor in newark NJ, and the lower east side of NYC in the 70's and 80's.


Nobody is angry here but the whole concept is bunk. you claim no skin color was mentioned.


1. Two parents- big issue in the black community.
2. no father figure -same

That in and of itself lends a clue.

3. "athletic scholarships" by limiting it to that you are securing that you mean "white privilege".
4. at the end of the video, you can see they divided white people from black people, words did not have to be spoken.


You and the video fancy yourself clever. you are not.

I guess my own family and friends life experiences are ... dare I say it ... :lamo

 

[volsrock]

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

As has been pointed out there's not a mention a race nor skin color.
It is notable that your mind went there.
All of those issues disproportionately affect poor folk.

I agree that it seems odd weird to hear the word "privilege" associated with some of these things—not the private schooling bit etc, but most of the rest.

It's more common to think of the lack of these things as being ****ed rather than having these things as a privilege.
I think that it's a mistake to get hung up on the semantics.
ymmv

The point being that we each need to be thankful what we have and have had while acknowledging that our neighbors may not be as fortunate.

Feel free to be all racialist about that like BLM is though.
You guys can have that in common.
It just doesn't seem to be helpful when it comes to understanding the situations we're in.

I'm not going to repeat myself, he didn't have to say "white" the visuals he crafted showed it.

 

[C R O I X]

Right which is why it's all white people in the front and black people in the back.


The idea that life choices common in one community makes all others who are not in that community "privileged" is idiotic. The fact that he excludes athletic scholarship shows what he's skewing his idiocy towards.


Do I think in some cases there is "Economic privilege", sure. but there's really nothing wrong with that. I worked hard, if I want to fly in a net jet, that's what I earned.


If I want to put my kid in a private school, it's what I earned.


If I want to eat steak and lobster every night, that's what I earned.

Nobody said it is wrong to have privilege. (as well nobody said anything about white privilege).

You have some personal issue with such matters that you are rising up where it does not belong in order to release your steam. It is not healthy to a discussion and tends to provoke necessary and unrealistic arguments.

It is normal to people be different from one an other, and by this people will do better on some things and other people on other things.

The problem is not the privilege. The problem is to judge and treat people different because of privilege. Is not recognize that what we do better than others is often not because we are superior or more inteligent but often because we are luck, in the right place, at the right time, with the right timing and with the right people, among other aspect that are usually beyond or choice and control.

 

[Common Sense 1]

If you don't think having a stable family is an advantage, then you seriously need to change your screen name.

Stop it... What is the title of the thread? Guess what it's called life! We all don't start at the same level.
To try and demean the family as some privilege is just so stupid. Our country gives everyone great opportunities
but they have to give the effort to receive the rewards.

 

[Praxas]

Don't be so gullible.


the parents, father figure, limiting it to athletic scholarships, and the visuals of blond haired white kids in the front and black kids in the back make it very clear. don't play games.

Nope that is your assumption. Are you saying that white kids don't have single parents or no father figures?

 

[Cigar]

Is it me or as anyone else notice, there's only one particular group of people here focusing on Race and Skin Color.

Hummm ... I wonder who got suckered into that typical trap.

Can anyone guess?

 

[Excon]

Life is not fair.
Get over it and make the best out of what you have.

 

[ttwtt78640]

No, Rev. you’re too quick to judge. It’s not about white privilege. It’s about privilege.

Privilege is being defined as any advantage (lack of disadvantage?) that one was given regardless of merit. Using that nonsense then a spoiled brat that never had to do much of anything for themselves is likely to win every similar race. While that pampered background may sound like a plus it depends on having a dedicated staff to look out for you forever - not such a plus in a sink or swim world (race?) when you are on your own. It may not be about white privilege but it is about stereotyping - many non-athletic scholarships are due to personal effort (grades and class ranking) which shoots down the no effort on your part nonsense of non-athletic scholarships.

 

[Common Sense 1]

It is odd to hear that word associated with things that are often taken for granted isn't it?

The point, I think, is that many folks—especially poor folk—cannot take these things for granted.

So... what is your point?

 

[holbritter]

Yo folks...

"Privilege" = "Advantage"

Stop trying to re-write the intention of the video into something it's not. :doh

It's the freaking title! What else would someone think?

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

Nobody said it is wrong to have privilege. (as well nobody said anything about white privilege).

You have some personal issue with such matters that you are rising up where it does not belong in order to release your steam. It is not healthy to a discussion and tends to provoke necessary and unrealistic arguments.

It is normal to people be different from one an other, and by this people will do better on some things and other people on other things.

The problem is not the privilege. The problem is to judge and treat people different because of privilege. Is not recognize that what we do better than others is often not because we are superior or more inteligent but often because we are luck, in the right place, at the right time, with the right timing and with the right people, among other aspect that are usually beyond or choice and control.

If you can't see how he steered this video to show "white privilege" I can't help you.




But lets break it down.


if this is not about "white privilege" and just privilege, what is the purpose of the video, to tell people that some people have it better than you?

Is that really noteworthy?

Who is the target audience, what message does he want the "privileged" to take from it?


These people think the video is about white privilege.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wakEukuEN8
[Video] Wow! Teacher Shows Teenagers How Each Of Them Are Affected By White Privilege


so wait, btw, this whole privlege thing is that I should be nice to people? wow, so deep.

 

[HowardBThiname]

There's no need to be defencive, or argumentative or angry.

Just be aware, respectful and educated that everything is not equal.

Just a staged video to pretend that those lined up for the race were somehow more privileged if they were white, wealthy and male.

A ridiculous message since the majority of athletes, including runners, are black. Had the man left them all in one line and started the race, would a white kid or black kid have won? Odds are - a black one.

The video was worth a chuckle for the attempt to falsely equate issues. But, just a chuckle. Nothing more.

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

Nope that is your assumption. Are you saying that white kids don't have single parents or no father figures?

You are kidding right?


So why exclude athletic scholarhsips?

 

[HowardBThiname]

Life is not fair.
Get over it and make the best out of what you have.

Exactly.

In reality, the privilege in that video would have gone to the black kids who are typically better athletes than white kids. But, that doesn't matter. If the white kids want to compete (run faster), they need to get off their skinny a$$es and train harder. They might even have to train harder than the black kids, but that's life. They can either choose to participate or go curl up in the corner and cry about their victimhood.

That was a truly silly video.

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

Nope that is your assumption. Are you saying that white kids don't have single parents or no father figures?

statistically, almost 80% of african american kids are born out of wedlock.

he then excludes athletic scholarships. why?

Then he focuses on the black kids in the back, why?

What message do you think he was trying to send?

 

[Cigar]

Life is not fair.
Get over it and make the best out of what you have.

That's true ...

But if we really subscribe to every man for themselves, then why is it some people get so upset when a Man makes a choice on his own free will that isn't with the group? The Man could say, hey, life is not fair, you don't get to make my choices for me.

Can't exactly have it both ways.