The City of Seattle held a training session for white employees called “Interrupting Internalized Racial Superiority and Whiteness.”

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[–]THISTHING 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That bit about what to let go of is by far the most insidious part. White privilege is obviously real, but the project of neoliberalism has appropriated that observation to use as one vector for trying to convince people that if they don't lay down and accept a reduction of living standards that it makes them racist or reactionary. The proper response to only some people getting to have a good thing isn't "nobody should have this" it's "everybody should have this"

[–]Literally_Hitler_ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There is no such thing as white privilege.

[–]THISTHING 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Do you deny that there are circumstances and environments where non-white people (usually non-Asian as well), especially those with strong/visible cultural affiliations to a non-white majority culture, will experience worse outcomes than they otherwise would have?

[–]Literally_Hitler_ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Everyone gets discriminated against by other groups from time to time. There's nothing systematic about it.