tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752793.post8407213717223757990..comments2023-05-07T07:41:56.700-05:00Comments on Safe Haven: Black Lives Matter (Even If It's "Liberal" To Say So)Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095369621205684858noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752793.post-25130729031566801962015-06-10T21:27:09.992-05:002015-06-10T21:27:09.992-05:00Amos,
I would say that I cannot reasonably disreg...Amos,<br /><br />I would say that I cannot reasonably disregard the personal experiences of black Americans, even if I desired strongly to believe that the problem is exaggerated, or the phantasm of liberal college professors. I'll bet Will Smith has been pulled over more in the last 5 years than you have. Prof. Henry Louis Gates is one of America's foremost intellectuals. I'd grant without a thought that Gates did not handle being accosted by the police in the best way. But I also know that the entire incident only took place because he was just a black guy (at best) to the officer. If the problems in our system were merely caused by preference based on class, Gates would have been on his merry way. I could say much more, but that's enough for now.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095369621205684858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752793.post-76405958524291457122015-06-10T21:05:50.194-05:002015-06-10T21:05:50.194-05:00JK, I've got a real disagreement with you on t...JK, I've got a real disagreement with you on this. Where do you see this second description of "white privilege" playing out?<br /><br />I'll tell you where I don't see it: at my work, on the subway, and in the streets of the Central West End. Maybe it's just software engineering, but at my job there are white people, black people, Indian people, Chinese people, Vietnamese people, and South American people. On the Metro Link, there is no doubt that I feel less guarded when I see a black father with his children then against a tough looking 20-year old white guy with his hat on backwards. And beggars commonly solicit at the intersection of Kingshighway and 64/40, but I have never noticed the white beggars treated differently than the black beggars, or the old beggars shunned while the young ones make a killing.<br /><br />The only time I ever hear about "white privilege" is in anecdotes about college professors, and from my liberal relatives over the age of 55.<br /><br />I'm sure that it does play out somewhere, but I feel like propagating the theory of "white privilege" is only reinforcing unhealthy stereotypes about how white people and how black people are supposed to act. No wonder Pigeon John had an Identity Crisis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555592682849776660noreply@blogger.com