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Originally posted by fastpat
The notion of "white privilege" is social "science" claptrap, probably based on Gunnar Myrdal's mythical findings in the late 1940's. It doesn't exist now, and never has.
Dad black, mom white. I'm into rock'n'roll and at 42 still wear my hair long so as a consequence people peg me as Italian, sometimes Latino. Upon finding out my heritage they "complement" me on how well I speak.

Here's one of many examples from my experiences.

Sitting in front of the mortgage banker as the wife, (jewish) and I are applying for our first mortgage.

He gets to the part about race, looks up at us and says "white". I'm about to correct him and he looks back down and mumbles under his breath, "good".

I can tell you from personal first hand experience that white priviledge in this country is very real. So please stick to topics that you actually know something about. And not just what you copy n paste.

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