You are male and you are white. You are the most privileged group in society. Have you ever had your arse felt, your bra strap twanged, been told to "cheer up love", asked to change your what you are wearing because a man might get a hard on and you are distracting him, asked to resign because you got married (Civil Service 1950s). That's the male part. And that is small beer compared to what black people have to contend with.
I used to work with a 50 year old woman who used to slap mens asses every friggen day. It seemed to be her privilege that no one seem to confront her about it.
I've had my balls grabbed in a night club by two different women, total strangers. They thought that they had the privilege to just do this and I wouldn't care because I was a man. The found out that one of them did it all the time.
The fact is, everyone has privilege and everyone is a hypocrite.
Have you ever been pulled over by the police and thought you might die,
Growing up in Huyton, I've been pulled over by the police many of times.
Beatings from the police was quite common in the 80's and 90's, I remember running from the police at 12. My mate got caught and beaten to a pulp. He said the copper put on leather gloves first and he was frightened for his life. He never spoke for months. It totally changed him.
My older brothers can tell worse stories with the police.
have you been refused jobs because of the colour of your skin,
I've seen an advertisement that only BAME members apply. Never seen an advertisement for a job for only WHITE people apply.
I've been refused many jobs, if I was black I suppose I would have just blamed it on the colour of my skin.
It's very easy to get a victim mentality complex. It's very easy to blame your own problems on something else. It's very dangerous to tell somebody that every failure in their life is the colour of their skin. Not everything is racist. Not everyone is racist.
Identity politics does not unite people, it creates division.
Does the U.S.A look united right now?
White privilege is a very real thing.
Everyone has privilege, just different types of privilege.
