White Privileged
Aug 22, 2017 · 5 min read

Neil, in your world everyone is a racist. I love how everyone needs to automatically turn to accusing someone as being a racist. It’s your only card. It’s perfectly fine for everyone to bash white people, but completely racist when anyone shows the hypocrisy. I’d love to understand what I need to know, but when people throw around the “racist” word at ever corner, it’s as predictable as the sun rising. The reason I said “I am not a racist” is because I am not a racist. The reason I said “I am not a racist” is because I know folks like yourself would call me a racist. It doesn’t matter what I say, you’ll call me a racist. Which is why I don’t include my real name. I haven’t said one racist thing, just truths. I feel like I’m back in 5th grade here.

You tell me to try empathy. I do have empathy for slavery. I have empathy for the things I’ve mentioned. But I don’t have empathy for people who write racist articles and expect me to understand. It’s hard to empathize with people who tell me “shut up and listen” as others have.

You and others like to throw around labels because it makes you feel important. Calling someone a racist because of nothing more than a hunch is a pretty cowardly thing. You don’t know if I’m a racist. Instead of debating me like a real man would, you name call like a child. You use cliche attacks that the PC crowd throw around every day. It’s predictable. It’s boring. It’s childish. I will name call when the adjectives are true. I don’t name call just to feel powerful. I dare you read through some of the authors writings. I dare you to read through some of the accusations towards me. They are all based on emotion and all fail to negate the truths that I have mentioned.

I’d love to understand, but how can I when I’m constantly called a racist or not allowed to even ask questions or show alternate viewpoints? There is no open debate. It’s only shut up and listen. And we wonder why there is so much racial tension in this country. I think white people like myself have listened for a long time. Back to the author’s comment about telling white people to stop pretending to understand black people. I would be able to show more compassion and understanding to her sentiment if she didn’t follow up her statement with a racial rant. It doesn’t work that way. If she acknowledges that white people can’t understand black people, then how can she understand white people? See the double standard? How can she consistently bash white people, but I’m not even allowed to call her out on it or question her viewpoints which are based on emotion rather than statistics. Why can she claim that white people are all privileged when she doesn’t know what it’s like to be white? As I’ve said before, many white people struggle too. It’s funny how white people aren’t allowed to be victims of racism… aren’t allowed to have a say in racial discussion… aren’t allowed many things just because the color of our skin and because our past generation did bad things. We have struggles too, is all I’m saying. Quit hating on white people and people will quit hating on you. It’s simple really.

I really would like to know what disadvantages the black community has in modern day America that has not been self inflicted? Maybe I am ignorant. Educate me rather than calling me names. Because in my mind, there has been enough time since slavery / Jim Crow for a black man or woman to make it just as easily as a white man or woman. Again, if a man from Chicago can become president, what is preventing any black person from achieving what they want? The jews came back in a few decades and now run the world. Blacks have affirmative action, special grants for education, public housing, large recipients of welfare per capita, etc.

I’ll say it again… blacks do have disadvantages which are mentioned left and right, but what is rarely mentioned is the fact that broken families, fathers in prison, black on black crime, young age pregnancy, low college rates, and rap culture have kept the black community from progressing much more than any lack of white-privilege.

I get that you are more likely to be pulled over by a cop. I get that you are more likely to live in a poor end of town. I get that there are certain stereotypes. But are these stereotypes a result of racist America or a result of the black community not changing and not fixing the problems that they can fix. There are plenty of successful black people who come from struggled backgrounds. If they can make it, then why can’t any black person? Just because someone is white doesn’t meant they have it easy or are immune from racism. Most white people aren’t handed anything. We have to work our asses off. If we grow up in a challenged environment we must escape that environment. If we have children we must give them a better opportunity. If we see violence in our community we must question the culture that is causing that chaos and put pressure on those who are perpetuating it.

I think these are honest questions. If these make me a racist, then so be it. I don’t judge people by the color of their skin. But if everyone is going to categorize and constantly focus on black and white, it’s only natural that I defend those who are attacking me for my whiteness. I don’t understand how it’s ok for blacks to consistently bash white people for being privileged and assume that we are somehow immune to some of the struggles of the black community (including racism and poverty). It’s obvious that blacks have a tendency to focus on skin color, so if we’re going to maintain this way of thinking, at least allow white people the ability to take part in conversation and the ability to also not be a victim of racism. That doesn’t seem too much to ask. If you can allow me the luxury of not being diminished for what my ancestors may have done, and refrain from the constant attacks of being labeled a racist, then maybe I’ll be more inclined to listen and be more empathetic with the black community struggles. As long as I’m not told to shut up and listen.

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