Dogmaphobe
Diamond Member
I'm not a Republican .Privileged?I spent the first 6 years of my life in a small cabin at a logging camp 20 miles from any services. We had electricity and running water, but no t.v., dishwasher or washer and dryer. Everything had to be done by hand .my sister and I both had two or three toys, but not much beyond that.Yes and your life experiences are different too. If you grew up in Detroit you have a much different experience than a person who grew up on 6 and evergreen in Detroit. How do I know? I grew up there and then I moved to a nice neighborhood. I see the difference in how a young poor black man in Detroit grows up compared to a middle class white kid in Metro Detroit.I run my own business, my employees like me, I am content with my life and reasonably successful. I take responsibility for my life and work, and don't whine all the time about my lot in life by blaming others.
You and I are very different.
And like me, maybe you got out of poverty and a bad neighborhood. But still, don't forget you were white. That made moving and finding a job much easier. Did your parents help you pay for college? Or are you intelligent like lets say, Ben Carson? It's easy for Ben to tell poor blacks he made it. He also had the brains to become a neurosurgeon. I could never do that. I'm not smart enough. What Ben doesn't realize is not everyone in Detroit is a brain surgeon. How do we improve the lives of the masses, not just our most intelligent and talented citizens. They have no problem getting out of the hole they started out in.
When I was 6 we moved to a small town and then another soon after that. My father worked hard, did not blame others for anything and gradually moved up the ranks.
I graduated high school with the second highest SAT in a class of 450, which gained me entry to most any University I wanted . I worked fighting fires each summer to earn the money necessary.
Anything more you wish to know, just ask .
A. How many blacks were hired at your daddy's shop? I bet it was all white. And if it wasn't, it was the exception not the norm in America. So your white privileged.
B. You are a Ben Carson. You got the second highest SAT score in the class. How did the other 400 students do? And were they all white? I went to an all white high school. Most of us found good jobs with or without college. Why? Our daddies and neighbors got them jobs. Blacks in poor neighborhoods aren't as privileged as we are. My family is so grateful we left Detroit. No way I would have gone off to college had I went to a Detroit Public School. No way my brother would have got a masters from MSU and become a VP of a fortune 500 company if we stayed in that Detroit Public School.
C. Many blacks work hard and are not moved up in the ranks. Why? Because they aren't white. They aren't part of the good old boys network. Now this, I don't think us whites should have to give this up. If I work at a company, I should be able to hook my son up with a job. But this is why I believe in diversity programs and affirmative action.
Living in a 700 square foot cabin with no t.v., clothes washer or washer and dryer is privileged, now, it it?
I'd bet my bottom dollar that these whiney black racists had a LOT more than I did growing up.
Yea, but you admittedly have an above average brain. What about the rest of society?
And what you had was white skin. So you could go to Alabama, Arkansas, or any other white city and fit right in.
Most successful people got help along the way. You seem to want to ignore that in a poor black inner city ghetto, no economic opportunity exists. No one to help get you your first break. I'm glad you did it on your own but that's just not how most Americans made it. And many, probably you too, don't remember the help you got.
Ever hear the saying Republicans believe they were born in the log cabin they built with their own hands?
The notion that privilege is skin based rather than wealth based is racist as all get up.
I have a niece who was a teacher for many years in L.A. in a mostly black school district. She was young, idealistic and very liberal. She just loved it when a student showed an interest in education. The problem was that precious few black children were.
The same irresponsible and unruly kids who show utter contempt for education turn into irresponsible adults who whine all day long about the imaginary racism they face. It's just a fucking excuse and it is not one I am buying for one second.