There have been a few terms in the past 5-6 years that have been strewn about willy nilly, without thought or consideration. Folks are branding others on the opposite side of the trending "band Wagon" and somehow it is acceptable. It is NOT acceptable, and should be held to the same standards as all these other so called, politically incorrect terms.
To bold face tell someone because they are born a specific race, they are privileged is...Racist. It is lumping every single person into one slot, simply because of Race, it is assuming because of their race, they are, smarter, dumber, meaner, nicer, better looking, ugly, rich or poor, etc etc..That is Racist, folks!! Racism is judging all by their genetic makeup, and sorry..that is NOT limited to White folks. But to tell a whole race, they are somehow privileged, is absolute racism. To have a government that spews muck against one race (of which the majority of Liberals are), stating we are all somehow privileged, and riling the whole country up against us/me, is insanity. To state it is O.K. to lump folks of a lighter shade of pale into one category, is causing hate, and that, as far as I understand, a crime.
I imagine most folks have heard the term..walk a mile in my shoes, and basically you may have some understanding of what my life is like. That might indeed bring some understanding, but then again, some folks are filled with so much anger, I am not sure if it would work.
Privilege is in all races. Most folks have far more privilege than myself. Privilege most often comes with wealth. If only White folks had the ability to create wealth, then perhaps this term would be acceptable, but they are not. Some White folks are the poorest of the poor, and have absolutely NO privileges. This does not mean other races are not as poor, but facts are, colour has diddly to do with privilege.
Maybe some companies do not hire many races beyond White, but..again, folks, facts are , we have rules that insist on hiring "minorities" (I have put the italics, because I am now unsure if white folks are indeed the majority), but we also have companies that still insist on hiring the folks best suited, if they are allowed. Do you want even steven numbers for a professional, or do you want the best? I , myself would pick the best, no matter what they looked like..because I believe a person's character is what is on the inside, not their outward appearance! To scream and shout because a business does not have a specific number of races or sexes, is , in my opinion CRAP! I do not believe a person can have a sense of pride in their job, if they were simply hired to reach a quota ..one , no matter what race, creed , colour,or sexuality should want to be hired because they are good, and the other candidates were not as qualified!
Some of those despot countries in Africa, are filled with folks who have nothing, children who starve and are sick, and these countries are ruled by Africans, yes, their own! So who is privileged there? Yep, those who are wealthy..they have the power!
Here is another fact, if Jane Doe applies for a job, as receptionist, in a business run by, lets just say, East Asians(just picking a race, not picking on them). She is white, she is a bit overweight, and has psoriasis, but boy she is incredibly qualified, and her competition is, a beautiful slender East Asian, with little qualification, who do you think will get the job. Will she be able to complain to the departments within government that she didn't get the job because she was White? Nope!! You know I am stating fact. So, this racism is allowed, right? But turn that around..and we would be watching this on the 6 o'Clock news. There may even be protests against the company..but hey, this is the new politically correct state we live in.
I was raised to understand, there are others smarter than myself, and often, all I could offer an employee was a good work ethic, but little experience. I do NOT believe, I was ever hired for a job because of my race! Perhaps it is because I spent my growing years in an isolated community made up mostly of us horrid privileged, white folks, and a few First Nations folks. But guess what, some of the people I most admired, or thought were incredibly attractive, were the First Nations folks. My babysitter was a teenaged, part Native girl, who I thought was beautiful, and also a ton of fun. Her brother was the crush of most of the girls in town. So...maybe we were brought up in a time that no one gave a crap about genetics? Davy Gunanoot was one of the most respected elders in our community, and surprise, he was NOT white. I don't think the lot of us cared who our friends ancestors were, someone was either nice, or not nice.
Yes, I grew up as a bit of a chunky person, in my teen years. I was one of those picked last for games, because..I was never very athletic. But..fact is , it was usually my friends who picked the team, and...hard as it was to be the last or second to last chosen, I understood, they picked the better players first. So, after the games, we simply picked up our friendships are carried on. I admit, it was not easy, but again, I had less qualifications for the "Job".Reality often sucks, but that is how one develops a back bone.
I think folks have forgotten how to build a back bone. They look for excuses for their lives in others. They mistake years of hard work to get somewhere in life, as privilege.
If one ,like Justin Trudeau, or Will Smith believe I, as a white person is privileged, they are talking smack. They, are in fact privileged. Yep..two completely different races, but both incredibly privileged.
I sometimes watch "bathroom" TV and have watched Shah's of Sunset. Iranians, in my country believe (thanks in most part to Government) that white people are privileged..Hah! I have never seen such privilege before, as on that show. So...again, who is privileged?
I find that term hurtful. I am sick and tired of sitting quietly while I am insulted. I cannot for the life of me,understand why I am suppose to accept this term. I see far more privilege within other races than in my little world. I come from a tree of very hard working people, all the way back to the 1500s, They struggled and trust me, they faced odds no one now could manage (yes, I am proud of my ancestry), and so far, I have not found a single ancestor who had any privilege because they were white. They were poor, hard working folks, with a great sense of pride in asking for nothing from others. Their only privilege was the understanding they survived.
So, I am standing up and screeching, I feel this term is hate directed at me..so what is the government going to do about it? I believe this term is far from Politically correct..it is mean and nasty, and if this is privilege, I would prefer to hand it over to another race!!! They are welcome to my privilege!!!
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