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RE: White Privilege? Yes, I am white...
Like a fish in water being told about the water, you just can't see the point @hedronstrand35 is making. I went to Asia for a while, a fish out of water, I got to see what he is saying, atleast a little. Africa is next.
It is still a generalization. Because you see it in one part of the world or nation does not make it true EVERYWHERE. Do you think because I am white I have not spoken to whites, hispanics, and other people in my area before drawing these conclusions? If that is the case then your assumption would be very wrong.
The problem is that a Generalization is a fallacy. Finding a problem in one or more places and then projecting that this problem must be everywhere is a fallacy.
So I can easily apply the fish in water analogy to you and @hedronstrand35 as well. If all you have been to is places where this privilege exists that is still not proof that this extends everywhere.
I suspect the parts of Africa will all differ quite a bit too. I suspect in South Africa there may still be some definite white privilege. Is that true of Egypt, the Congo, Somali, Chad, Nigeria, Ethiopia, etc? Hard to say without visiting them all. Visiting AFRICA which is a large continent and finding a thing where you visited it then projecting it to be true of all of Africa is a generalization. If you DO visit many places you should document all of your observable differences as that is valuable information especially if there is no agenda except to collect information.
Knowing different things from each location though would be pretty cool information regardless of agenda.
I will try to remember this as I collect my data :)
That's all I can ask. Collect info. I wish you the best of luck.