@benjamminbrown:
I'm sorry for being such a dick, Robo. But I think you're wrong to assume that the only thing we disagree on is the phrase. It's clear from your posts that you genuinely don't think a lot of the problems many of us have been presenting actually exist.
Or, at least, that's the impression you give when you pick at little details here and there. It sends the message that you don't think the general idea is valid because of some small, but important (to you), details.
Also, your habit of constantly reversing questions does the same thing. People mention that there's a problem of harassment of women in our culture, then you say "well, what about male harassment?" It's like the Black Lives Matter vs. Blue Lives Matter messages. Blue Lives Matter exists just as a counterpoint to make the Black Lives Matter movement seem less legitimate.
That's what you do. Someone brings up an important and interesting topic, and you shove in with a (oftentimes pointless) counterpoint. That's frustrating!
I'm sorry for hyper-focusing on peripheral issues that don't contribute directly to the discussion. It's extremely easy and common to stand up for the exact same issues that everyone else does, so I've always tried to call attention to other (usually lesser) related injustices. I'd really like to find a way to do that without pissing people off.
I'm also extremely quick to criticize a person/argument/group who hasn't been called on something yet, which probably doesn't win me any friends either. I'm really just scared to openly support positions with any flaws at all, I guess, so I flip from issue to issue and change my mind a lot.
@Noqanky:
He doesn't seem to to me. From what I'm understanding, he agrees that they exist, he just:
- doesn't agree literally everyone has that same implicit bias, as you said
- doesn't agree with the semantics of calling it white privilege, for a reason I still hope he can explain.
I find it offensive to constantly be called privileged when I honestly feel like I've gotten the shaft in life (for reasons that I don't really want to get into). Many other poor people have worse lives than me, and minorities in similar positions do have it worse; that doesn't change the fact that telling someone who's poor and miserable about their privilege is pretty inconsiderate. It really doesn't help when the statement comes almost exclusively from middle class or wealthy white people who will never understand your issues, but are more than happy to saddle you with burden of ancestral guilt.
I apologize for the anger there, it's been kinda simmering in the back of my mind throughout the election.