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Old 01-27-2014, 08:34 AM   #81
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Originally Posted by Zulu29 View Post
Ok, easy on the "white" privilege bs. I feel bad for people who are born into situations where it's damn near impossible for them to improve their lifestyles. That's why I donate what I can to charities that help the people who need it. I really fail to see where the race attack has a place in this discussion. Fact of the matter is I am lucky that I grew up in canada and I wish everyone across the world could enjoy the life that a child born in Canada gets, black, yellow, brown, white. All you do by saying crap like that is cause more racial strife.
Acknowledging that some people have innate advantages* in life because of the colour of their skin, or their gender, or their sexual orientation, or their nationality, etc. is not an attack. White privilege is a very real thing that exists whether you want to admit it or not. Nobody is "attacking" anyone just for the sake of being white by stating that.

*Or, perhaps more accurate, some people have innate disadvantages for those same reasons.
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