Kow wrote:We were ok until we opened our mouths? Ok so.
Kow wrote:I don't doubt it but there is a "privilege" hierarchy within being white too. Which makes the phrase redundant really. Are Italians white? Spanish? Israelis? Chinese? Greeks?
Kow wrote:Reminds me of a book by Antonio Salas in which he infiltrated the neo nazi groups in the Real Madrid Ultras. They were contacted by South American white power groups looking for possible coordination opportunities but offended them greatly by telling them that they didn't consider them to be actually white.
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:I don't find the concept of white privilege useful, helpful or tactically astute...
On average, 24% of applicants of white British origin received a positive response from employers, compared with 15% of minority ethnic applicants applying with identical CVs and cover letters. All of the minority applications clearly stated that they were either British-born or had arrived in the country by the age of six and had obtained all their education and training in Britain.
monkey wrote:Yeah that’s completely valid. If the language was sanitised to be more acceptable, less spiky and confrontational, it wouldn’t be having the same impact. As bad as “Defund the police” is, “Reform the police” would be getting ignored. Ditto “Black disadvantage” instead of white privilege or “Black Lives Matter Too”
Edit - Actually think BLM is a genius coinage.
nick_md wrote:Kow wrote:We were ok until we opened our mouths? Ok so.
I'm not arguing in favour of the discrimination, was just saying that until an Irish accent was heard you'd have most likely have been assumed 'one of us', I'd have thought.
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