White Privilege

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#whiteguiltHFNY said:Anything I ever do, accomplish, or achieve is because I am white and / or privileged...and I feign feeling guilty about it but secretly love it.
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Ben Haggerty. Mixing rhymes of white guilt along w/ faggotry. This is popular in USA, no?
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This is only true if you are Macklemore
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White poverty < all other poverty
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What we are told these days by the clueless denizens of American myth is nothing more than antebellum. It's way past time for most of us to move on while we hurry and wait for the stupid and unwise to catch up riding the thread worn whitewalls they road in on.HFNY said:Anything I ever do, accomplish, or achieve is because I am white and / or privileged...or at least so I've been told.
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You're really fucking stupid if you think Macklemore's music is a product of white guilt.unfrozencaveman said:Ben Haggerty. Mixing rhymes of white guilt along w/ faggotry. This is popular in USA, no?
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There's probably something to it in rare cases, but 99% of the time the people whining about it ignore things like hard work, creativity, iniative etc. and focus on making everyone who fails a victim.
I'm way more worried about income inequality and a lack of upward mobility. -
BINGO and with our Big Government Spending, ZIRP, and QE I-IV, it has juiced stocks, commercial real estate, residential real estate, and other real assets while working stiffs with few real assets see their purchasing power erode:
confoundedinterest.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/backward-the-dying-american-middle-class-homeownership-and-housing-housing-affordability-keeps-dropping/
As for White Privilege, I say it's loser talk and becomes a self-defeating prophecy for those who throw it around because it diminishes what a person who happens to be white achieves while it excuses away failure (or middling results) of those who happen to have more pigment in their skin.
And is there anything such as "Asian-American Privilege" since they are wealthier, more educated, and less likely to be incarcerated than whites, blacks, or latinos? If not, how come? Is it because that doesn't fit the narrative of those who engage in loser talk and are sub-consciously racing to the bottom?Fire_Marshall_Bill said:There's probably something to it in rare cases, but 99% of the time the people whining about it ignore things like hard work, creativity, iniative etc. and focus on making everyone who fails a victim.
I'm way more worried about income inequality and a lack of upward mobility. -
Income inequality and upward mobility? You obviously majored in liberal arts. Holy fuckallFire_Marshall_Bill said:There's probably something to it in rare cases, but 99% of the time the people whining about it ignore things like hard work, creativity, iniative etc. and focus on making everyone who fails a victim.
I'm way more worried about income inequality and a lack of upward mobility. -
I don't know what any of that means, so I'm with PL_SS on this one.puppylove_sugarsteel said:
Income inequality and upward mobility? You obviously majored in liberal arts. Holy fuckallFire_Marshall_Bill said:There's probably something to it in rare cases, but 99% of the time the people whining about it ignore things like hard work, creativity, iniative etc. and focus on making everyone who fails a victim.
I'm way more worried about income inequality and a lack of upward mobility.
And upvoted for Holy Fuckall...that shit is going in high rotation in my lexicon (unsure what that means also) -
I'm convinced that outside of small pockets of this country (and most of those pockets are generally insignificant in the grand scheme of things), race isn't an issue except to those that want to make it an (alleged) issue.
It doesn't matter what your skin color is, what your religious beliefs are, or what your sexual orientation is. If you are willing to put in the work, make sacrifices along the way, and make your chosen path a significant enough priority in your life, you can achieve tremendous success.
I see/hear a lot of comments about the unemployment rate. Has anybody ever stopped to think about why there is such unemployment?
Many people coming out of undergraduate programs struggle to find jobs upon graduating. Has anybody ever stopped to think about what the underlying issues are with the job skills that are required by our professional environment versus the skills that most undergraduates have upon graduating?
I read something the other day that the unemployment rate for those with Masters Degrees is in the neighborhood of 3% (even for those with TCU MBAs). Has anybody ever stopped to think why this class of worker is more desired upon our business community than other workers?
We like to make a lot of excuses as a society. It's what drives a lot of these discussions. We like to make simplistic answers that point the finger. We hate as a society asking tough questions that demand tough answers. We don't necessarily like hearing the truth because it can be hurtful to many.
The world is changing. The skill sets required to operate in this world are changing. If you don't have the skills to compete in that world, it's not like people are going to just give you a hand out because you are entitled to it. Not even Pat Haden is that fucking stupid. -
Big government has to be the villain in every form of inequality and the gullibility of poverty escapism, since big money is never accountable for anything but slave waged jobs and disappearing benefits in exchange for honest labor. If you think white power is a problem in America, blame it on Obama.
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It's noted you didn't comment in the faggotry.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
You're really fucking stupid if you think Macklemore's music is a product of white guilt.unfrozencaveman said:Ben Haggerty. Mixing rhymes of white guilt along w/ faggotry. This is popular in USA, no?
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I'm holding out for Jew Privilege. Those fuckers having it going on. Even after being held in slavery and being the target of genocide..more than once.
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Macklemore is a savvy businessman and realized the potential for a song about his uncle being gay during this whole fag rights era. The song blew up and he got himself some grammys and millions more dollars than you or I will see in our lifetimes. Good for him. Haters gonna hate.MikeDamone said:
It's noted you didn't comment in the faggotry.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
You're really fucking stupid if you think Macklemore's music is a product of white guilt.unfrozencaveman said:Ben Haggerty. Mixing rhymes of white guilt along w/ faggotry. This is popular in USA, no?
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I'm not hating. Just stating a fact about your post. Some of you need to learn the difference. That said, didn't he think he was gay in the third grade?PostGameOrangeSlices said:
Macklemore is a savvy businessman and realized the potential for a song about his uncle being gay during this whole fag rights era. The song blew up and he got himself some grammys and millions more dollars than you or I will see in our lifetimes. Good for him. Haters gonna hate.MikeDamone said:
It's noted you didn't comment in the faggotry.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
You're really fucking stupid if you think Macklemore's music is a product of white guilt.unfrozencaveman said:Ben Haggerty. Mixing rhymes of white guilt along w/ faggotry. This is popular in USA, no?
And a point about that song...it's horrible. But people have to say they like it because of the message. The lyrics are fine, but as a song , it sucks dick,,.so to speak.. -
Best Tequilla Long: Didn't Read post in quite some time.Tequilla said:I'm convinced that outside of small pockets of this country (and most of those pockets are generally insignificant in the grand scheme of things), race isn't an issue except to those that want to make it an (alleged) issue.
It doesn't matter what your skin color is, what your religious beliefs are, or what your sexual orientation is. If you are willing to put in the work, make sacrifices along the way, and make your chosen path a significant enough priority in your life, you can achieve tremendous success.
I see/hear a lot of comments about the unemployment rate. Has anybody ever stopped to think about why there is such unemployment?
Many people coming out of undergraduate programs struggle to find jobs upon graduating. Has anybody ever stopped to think about what the underlying issues are with the job skills that are required by our professional environment versus the skills that most undergraduates have upon graduating?
I read something the other day that the unemployment rate for those with Masters Degrees is in the neighborhood of 3% (even for those with TCU MBAs). Has anybody ever stopped to think why this class of worker is more desired upon our business community than other workers?
We like to make a lot of excuses as a society. It's what drives a lot of these discussions. We like to make simplistic answers that point the finger. We hate as a society asking tough questions that demand tough answers. We don't necessarily like hearing the truth because it can be hurtful to many.
The world is changing. The skill sets required to operate in this world are changing. If you don't have the skills to compete in that world, it's not like people are going to just give you a hand out because you are entitled to it. Not even Pat Haden is that fucking stupid. -
Hoss94 is that you?
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Bingo, and both are continually getting worse.puppylove_sugarsteel said:
Income inequality and upward mobility? You obviously majored in liberal arts. Holy fuckallFire_Marshall_Bill said:There's probably something to it in rare cases, but 99% of the time the people whining about it ignore things like hard work, creativity, iniative etc. and focus on making everyone who fails a victim.
I'm way more worried about income inequality and a lack of upward mobility. -
Hot news, Tequilla = SMU MBA which equals LO fucking L, how hard has your life been trying to pretend you are prestigious for all these years?
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Speaking of majors, an article in the UWAA magazine last year (also in The Seattle Times) reported that companies and corporations in western Washington state were failing to fill approximately 37,000 openings for tech degreed engineering, math, and science majors. The state's colleges and universities have never been able to graduate enough BS degrees to even come close to filling the tech jobs available probably going all the way back to the startup of Boeing..... and have traditionally made up the slack by recruiting techs from all over the USA, Europe, Asia, and even the Third World, except for a few places such as Kansas where science in public schools is banned or shunned.Fire_Marshall_Bill said:
Bingo, and both are continually getting worse.puppylove_sugarsteel said:
Income inequality and upward mobility? You obviously majored in liberal arts. Holy fuckallFire_Marshall_Bill said:There's probably something to it in rare cases, but 99% of the time the people whining about it ignore things like hard work, creativity, iniative etc. and focus on making everyone who fails a victim.
I'm way more worried about income inequality and a lack of upward mobility.
But now it seems there are few techs available from traditional out-of-state sources. In response to the dire need, a group of local companies have combined with the UW to raise financing for expansion of engineering and science colleges and degree programs and to organize a lobbying effort led by Bill Gates Sr. to pry public money out of state politicians and taxpayers who have their heads stuck where the sun of knowledge never shines. No offense to liberal arts majors, but too many of you are avoiding BS programs required to fill high paying tech jobs, most of which by the way are one hell of a lot of fun. I can only presume this is because of the difficulty and hard work associated in classroom mythology with that evil Godless word...... science.
Blame it on Obama.
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This thread really sucks ass
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You have bad manners. Did your mother not wash your mouth out with feces when you were growing up?bananasnblondes said:This thread really sucks ass
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Tailgater crushed it during MS DOS 1.0.
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I might be able to add something to this discussion: graduated from UW in 2010 with honors (3.81) in liberal arts (no need to specify which one since they're all the same to non-liberal arts majors); did a few independent research projects for professors (completely irrelevant to anything but what they were researching). Haven't ever made more than 15ish$/hour if I'm remembering correctly, mainly just made 10-11 at jobs requiring no degree (but my UW degree got me them rather easily). Chose going for *another* bachelor's, this time in Computer Science over law school at some middling/shitty school somewhere. Hmm, yeah that about sums it up, I will be graduated next year and can say with certainty that Computer Science, despite its employment prospects, is fucking awful for anyone except WoW losers and Mac geeks. The school I go to now is a legitimate Pac-12 school (not fucking Oregon obviously) and my classmates rib me quite a bit about my other degree; I basically laugh at them because they didn't get to go/graduate from UW and I did. This was not a pity post or some political commentary, just adding one instance to the discussion.
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Going to Oregon to do Computer Science >>>>> Going to Washington to do liberal arts. Especially if you like money.haie said:I might be able to add something to this discussion: graduated from UW in 2010 with honors (3.81) in liberal arts (no need to specify which one since they're all the same to non-liberal arts majors); did a few independent research projects for professors (completely irrelevant to anything but what they were researching). Haven't ever made more than 15ish$/hour if I'm remembering correctly, mainly just made 10-11 at jobs requiring no degree (but my UW degree got me them rather easily). Chose going for *another* bachelor's, this time in Computer Science over law school at some middling/shitty school somewhere. Hmm, yeah that about sums it up, I will be graduated next year and can say with certainty that Computer Science, despite its employment prospects, is fucking awful for anyone except WoW losers and Mac geeks. The school I go to now is a legitimate Pac-12 school (not fucking Oregon obviously) and my classmates rib me quite a bit about my other degree; I basically laugh at them because they didn't get to go/graduate from UW and I did. This was not a pity post or some political commentary, just adding one instance to the discussion.
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Wasnt this the last title of Derricks book?HFNY said:Anything I ever do, accomplish, or achieve is because I am white and / or privileged...or at least so I've been told.
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Tailgater hits it spot on ...
Most people I know when I was going to school are more interested in getting drunk, doing drugs, and having sex than they are about building a foundation for their professional life. I'm not saying that any of those things are bad, but they are generally in contrast to putting hard work in academically that will lead to building the needed professional foundation.
Somewhere we've decided that college should be some 4-6 year frat party and that "real life" starts afterwards.
Problem with that is that if you don't lay the right foundation, then you have no choice but to go back and do a "do over" once you wise up a bit.
As someone that has gone through a mathematics program at the UW, it's hard fucking work. Compared to many of the people that I had classes with, I definitely felt TequillaFS in those classes. Enough so that I realized that that wasn't going to be my future and decided to leverage the math background in business school and later getting a TCU MBA (TCU >>> SMU ... so fuck off if you think otherwise).
That being said, I can guarantee you that I'm far better off for going through the UW Mathematics program and that many of the lessons that I learned going through it (and often not realizing until later) have served me well.
There's plenty of opportunity for college students that are prepared to put in the hard work to be able to put themselves in a position to have a very successful professional career. Our ability as a country to fill these positions with our own people is as much of the solution as anything. Right now, we have too many people educated with a certain skill set and knowledge base that is borderline worthless to the business community.