Here. Godspeed.

White privilege is a systemic set of advantages given to white people based solely on being white. The systemic part is important. That means that white people as a group experience certain advantages that other people do not, regardless of other circumstances. It doesn’t mean all white people have easy lives, just…

You’re confusing a systemic problem with a critique of you personally. Being born white comes with a specific (and measurable) package of advantages which makes it “lucky”. That package of advantages is what is referred to as white privilege.

There is a difference between being guilty of something and being responsible for it. Say you have a party at your house. The next morning you discover that one of your friends puked all over your bathroom. Certainly you’re not guilty of causing the mess, but you are responsible for cleaning it up. The current…

It sounds plausible but it’s demonstrably false. This article lists several statistics that counter it.

On the one hand, I think you are a horrible deviant because white chocolate is the only way to ruin a Reese’s egg. On the other hand I suppose you perform a valuable service by consuming the disgusting things and not directly competing with me for the good ones.

Oh my dear meteor scented. There are flavored Peeps. There are blue raspberry Peeps and sour cherry Peeps and fruit punch Peeps and vanilla Peeps and chocolate Peeps (both chocolate-flavored and chocolate-covered) and cake-flavored Peeps and those are just the ones I have personally tried!

[...] Republicans responded by passing HB2, which prohibited local municipalities like Charlotte from including gender identity and sexual orientation in nondiscrimination protections.

I think that’s oversimplifying things.

Keep at it. Sincerely, you are doing good and valuable work.

oh jesus. Paul Hollywood, ever the annoying fourth wheel.

The problem is not that privileged people want to be part of the conversation (that’s ultimately a good thing, I think) but that they tend to force themselves into the conversation without the necessary background information. That derails the conversation to focus it on educating the privileged.

What do you mean by “do this”? The goal is to point out a troubling pattern of behavior; that can’t be done silently.

I stand by my statement that your original comment came across as lazy, and I have provided my reasons for thinking so. I disagree that that constitutes “hating”.

I just want to point out that Harkness isn’t gay. His sexual orientation is “yes”.

I would be very interested to know what you find unreasonable and/or lazy about my answer to your original question.

As I said, many privileged people are unwilling to participate in their own education but they still want to be part of the conversation. That needs to stop. The first step of stopping that phenomenon is pointing out that it’s happening, which is what the comments we’re discussing do. Posting a link to reading…

It may be easier to think of it as an interest in making sure that credit is given where it’s due and that creators (originating cultures in this case) maintain control of how their ideas are used. The goal is not segregation but rather proper attribution.

I think you are overlooking the laziness inherent in BookonBob’s comment. BookonBob said they did not understand cultural appropriation. That’s a perfectly valid thing to be confused about but that confusion means that someone is going to have to put in effort towards the goal of BookonBob’s eventual understanding. On…

It’s not just advertising. I’m an engineer at a manufacturing plant. We have technically unlimited sick days but you get in trouble if you take “too many”. Even worse, I have a friend in tech who has technically unlimited sick days but it apparently reflects poorly on you if you take any.