So, am I supposed to feel guilty because I'm blessed with certain things? No,I will not. This privilege thing is getting crazy. I don't feel guilty, not in the least. I feel blessed. And, all I feel toward those who want shame me for being born a certain color, with a certain economic status, with a Mom who read to me as a child, and a push from both parents to get an education is contempt. How dare you!
Contempt
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by sag38, Jul 10, 2015.
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If God gave you a do- over, would you come back as Black or White? -
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MTV will air a show later this month entitled White People which shows young white Americans crying on camera over their “white privilege” and publicly shaming them for “what they’ve done in America”.
No, this is not a joke. The documentary is hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, an illegal immigrant and amnesty activist who has worked for the Washington Post and the Huffington Post.
The trailer for the show, which has been widely criticized by YouTube respondents, features white people expressing angst about how they are desperate not to appear “racist” or “offend people.”
According to Kimberly Ricci, the documentary forces the participants “to internalize what they’ve done in America” – in other words, this a huge exercise in white guilt tripping for public consumption.
http://www.infowars.com/new-mtv-show-publicly-shames-white-people-for-what-theyve-done-in-america/
Is it politically incorrect to point out Jose Antonio Vargas' illegal immigrant privilege? -
Me, I'll revel in the creation God has given us, and glorify Him for it all. Y'all seem to want a sinful people to be other than they are, and blaming their skin color for it. -
So, I have an advantage. Yes, I do. Thank you God and thank you mom and dad. If those pushing this privilege bull manure want to remain a victim then so be it. But, don't drag the rest of us down to your pathetic level.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
This is why the last half of Luke 12:48 is, to me, frightening.
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
I am not sure where all this so called white privilege is at. Can some of you other white folks pass some of it my way. Oh, you will also have to show me what it looks like. I have never seen it on me or anyone else.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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As Christians, a study of God's Providence might be in order. When, if ever, is this subject ever preached on? Challies is going through The Mystery of Providence by John Flavel. I've only read a few chapters and it has been interesting.
Here is a link, the first chapters are at the bottom of the page.
http://www.challies.com/writings/reading-classics-together
Unless we have a biblical world view there will be contempt for our percieved "privelages" whatever they may be. However, as Christians the ground is level at the foot of the cross and we know that God has placed us in certain areas, at certain times, with a certain family, with a certain skin color, as part of his overall plan. Anything other than that is just more noise to distract us. -
You don't go along with the systemic enslavement and marginalizing of the lives of a demographic as was done during slavery, Jim Crow and today and still be at the foot of the Cross.
Because if Christians being at the foot of the Cross did all that, then the Cross isn't what the Bible says it is.
I believe it is. So either It is, or these folks who claim to be at the foot , ain't really there. -
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I have seen people advanced because they were black. I have been tasked at giving positions to both Black and Hispanic people over White people who were better qualified (based on aptitude testing) simply because of the color of their skin (we needed to have a greater minority presence in specific areas). I have seen Black individuals receive college scholarships where their White counterparts (who were just as needy) received none. I have seen people accepted to college based on being a minority while others with higher GPA’s were not able to attend because they were White. If it is racism to deny a Black man something because of the color of his skin, then it is racism to do the same to any person of any color. If it is racism to provide an opportunity to a White man because of the color of his skin, then it is racism to do the same to any person of any color. -
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Then you were tasked to break the law as what you just described does not fit the definition of LEGAL Affirmative Action.
If for almost 400 years, Whites and their ancestors were afforded these opportunities at the best colleges in the country, why such rancor over giving Blacks that same opportunity for the last 50 or so years?
The pattern for white people seems to be that nothing is a problem until it's done against other white people. -
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So, are all those white folks making more money supposed to just hand over the difference because they are supposedly privileged Sounds like some folks, instead of taking advantage of opportunities to reverse the trend, instead want to play the victim and blame someone else for their situation.
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I am white, as is most of my family. That is not my pattern, the pattern of my family or the pattern of most of white people I know (it is the pattern of some I know). Yet I am confident you do not believe yourself a racist nor do you see your comments as stereotype. Ironic. -
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