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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre
He disagrees with the term because he thinks white privilege refers to a tribal majority bias which also causes classism when it's just a symptom of it. But white privilege, while it definitely has strong ties with classism and is an over all symptom of the flaws of our current state of capitalism, is not referring to classism, it's specifically referring to the biases America has based on race. Which leans towards whites. Which goes beyond classism. So renaming an issue of a certain race having a bias in their favor to something that tries to obscure the idea it's based on race is dishonest.
It's like trying to rename 'white supremacists' 'racial supremacists' because using the word 'white' makes him uncomfortable. Hell, maybe he does think the phrase 'white supremacist' is race baiting too. I don't know.
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Good thing you and elph know better than I do about what triggers me or makes me uncomfortable.
Also, that example.. Idk if I've been misunderstanding the usage for years but they are called white supremacists because they believe white people are the supreme race, not because they are white people.
White supremacy is an offshoot of the umbrella that would be racial supremacy. That's really not a fair comparison to how white privilege is being used.
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