Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Privilege is too diffuse a concept. Dissected, it applies everywhere, in endless permutations, and therefore might as well apply nowhere.

It also stupidly expands on and dilutes real issues: Racism, and Sexism. They're quite real. Whether some white guy like me "doesn't get" his privilege or doesn't care doesn't matter. Nor does it change my disgust at sexism and racism.

I'm on the right team. Been there from the start. Just don't point your finger at me and tell me I've a duty to apologize or empathize simply because of a biological quirk of my birth.

I'm not expanding on it here, but I've personally worked against private prisons. Empathy's for the "build awareness" crowd. Talk and not much more.

it is a hard thing to talk about. You have white people saying all white people (besides them) are bad. Of course that is nonsense, but look at it as what you can do differently, or at least see in your life, that occurs due to your color. I don't think anyone expects you are going around doing overtly racist acts, but introspection is not a bad thing.