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RE: White Privilege...say what?!?

I understand the concept behind white privilege, but the framing of it is inhibiting its message. By calling it "white privilege" it creates an enemy of people who have done nothing wrong and creates further divide along racial lines. It also suggests that white people are receiving an unfair advantage over others, which builds resentment and creates the idea that white people need to be brought down. In reality its just another way of naming oppression of minorities. I think addressing it in that way, as oppression rather than privilege, is a far more effective and fair way to discuss it. By calling it oppression we identify the correct aggressor, which is institutions of power, more specifically the state. It also frames it in a way so that the answer is to free minorities of their oppression rather than strip whites of their privilege. By addressing it as oppression it allows whites to join in the fight without the distrust and animosity that white privilege creates. Not only because it alleviates that mindset of whites being the opponent, but also because it doesn't make poor white people who have shit circumstances resentful of minorities who blame them.

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