buzzflash.com — Context is everything in politics and journalism, and author Tim Wise has the inside track on white (and male) privilege, a concept that most white voters don't comprehend but whose relationships and decisions are governed by this inescapable concept.
Sep 13, 2008 View in Crawl 4
americanhelotSep 13, 2008
I'm so god damned sick of this white privilege s**t. You can't compare the handful of wealthy white people and their political cronies, whom have never had to do an honest days work in their life to support themselves to the "other" kind of white people. My privilege for being a white male has been to be expected to work more, and longer hours than my minority peers because they think the world owes them something and employers can't afford to be accused of "racism" for actually requiring them to do their jobs. My privilege for being a white male is to have to pay more for the same services, such as childcare and medical care to make up for everyone who thinks it's their right to get something for nothing. Oh, and did I mention that I have to pay a s**t load in extra taxes to pay for the rest of everything that rich people want to give you to shut you up and leave them alone. So you can shove your racism up your ass and bite me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bradadadSep 14, 2008
Americanhelot: Go back and look. This is about being white in politics. If McCain were black would he stand a chance? Hell no, his ass would have been long, loooonooog gone. Sadly, Obama has to be near perfect to win. Even if he is perfect there is the fear of corruption all over again with the voting machines. Bring back paper voting.
zetazenSep 15, 2008
Obama is in a position of damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
freebeing1Sep 15, 2008
Nice summary of all the mess that's gone down. I'd love to see this referenced on Drudge or CNN's Political Ticker. I'd even love to see this in an Anchorage, Alaska paper.