White Privilege the New Original Sin

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In the United States, there is not only White privilege but also male privilege and Christian privilege.
 
For centuries, many Christians, including some Catholics, considered “dark skin” to be an “original sin” of sort… the “curse of Ham” or the “mark of Cain” were common Biblical justifications for declaring all non-whites to be objectively inferior by virtue of their birth. What goes around come around…
 
You could make the argument that slavery was “an” original sin for the US.

The founding fathers knew it wouldn’t end well, but allowed it anyway.
 
meltzerboy2 said:
In the United States, there is not only White privilege but also male privilege and Christian privilege.
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Maybe in every country we could just call it “dominant population privilege”, or “majority privilege”.
 
Im very sick of the misuse of the term “privilege” which means a law or a rule granting a specific right to a person that others don’t have.

It doesn’t mean having a better education or more money.
 
twf said:
For centuries, many Christians, including some Catholics, considered “dark skin” to be an “original sin” of sort… the “curse of Ham” or the “mark of Cain” were common Biblical justifications for declaring all non-whites to be objectively inferior by virtue of their birth.
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That’s not true. The consequences of a thing are not the thing itself. No one has ever suggested it was sinful to be black.
 
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Original sin affects ALL people.

You assume such a privilege exists. How does that fair when a poor White has to hunt to put food on the table, gets beat up by minorities in school because he’s White, & falls for a woman of color?
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Huh? Try rewording to make sense.
 
Yes! These divisive slogans get thrown out into the culture and are adopted as sound bites that blindingly get bleated over and over again without most people even knowing exactly what the term means. This confusion leads to personal interpretations that may or may not accurately reflect reality. Terms that are less divisive and more self-explanatory are much better at creating real unity and dialog. For myself, I avoid using the terms “Black Live Matter,” “White Privilege” etc. As soon as I see them, I recognize them as mostly propaganda used to get people to hate each other. They are meant to spark an emotional response rather than any real meaningful conversation.
 
It’s no different than today’s impending disasters. Just keep kicking the can down the road and pray that you’re not alive to clean up the mess. After all, why fix today what you can put off for tomorrow!
 
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1ke said:
We have the privilege of going through life without interference or worry. We need to use that for good, not whine about it.
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And I am suppose to do what about it? (that is a rhetorical question)

There is nothing I can do, 100% Nothing.
 
“Blackness” was, however, considered the result of sin - a direct consequence of ancient sin… a literal curse. How is that better?
 
phil3 said:
There is nothing I can do, 100% Nothing.
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There are MANY things we can do. From raising our own awareness and then that of others, to stepping in when we see things happening, to getting involved in the community, to voting, to outreach, to friendship, to listening, to speaking out… and on and on.

There are so many things we can do.
 
That is a bunch of liberal speak. There is nothing you wrote that can be measured. Please tell me how aware I need to be before my white privilege is now lowered to an acceptable level. AS to voting, sorry I will keep voting the same I have done since I was 18 and voted for Ronald Reagan. Plus I plan on Voting for Trump again. But that alone I am told makes me a racist.
 
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There is nothing I can do, 100% Nothing.
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When our high school played this high school a year after the KKK rally referenced in this news article, we the white kids formed up on the outside of the band and marched in with the black kids in the middle so they would not be harassed. We showed that town that we would neither be intimidated nor allow their hate to touch our friends.

Everyone can do something, even high school kids.
 
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I remember the first time I was accused of “White Privilege”. I was explaining to a Person of Color that my parent taught me to save for a rainy day. She then told me that was white privilege that I had two loving parents that raised me to be prepared.
 
Well that no doubt made a difference. Wow you taught me a lesson.
 
phil3 said:
That is a bunch of liberal speak. There is nothing you wrote that can be measured.
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Weird. It’s always bizarre when people try to tag me as a “liberal”.

You’re the only one talking in terms of white privilege being something bad, and as for measurement, again— weird. Why must we measure the good we do?
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Please tell me how aware I need to be before my white privilege is now lowered to an acceptable level.
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Again, I don’t think you understand what white privilege is. It’s not something to be ashamed of, afraid of, it’s not a sin, it’s not something you do or don’t do to obtain it.

It simply is.

And you, the beneficiary of it, can use it towards virtuous ends. Something we are called to do as Christians.

I don’t measure the corporal or spiritual works of mercy I do. You can’t measure the amount of virtue you cultivate— prudence, temperance, modesty, faith, hope, Charity.

And you’re never done with any of the works of mercy or with building virtue. It’s a lifelong pursuit.
 
phil3 said:
Well that no doubt made a difference. Wow you taught me a lesson.
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It did make a difference. It made a difference to each person in that band. It made us better people. It helped the black kids know we had their backs and on one was going to harass them no our watch. It also made sure that no one at the other school believed for one minute that we agreed with or supported them. Racism and hate love people who just ignore it, it flourishes when good people do nothing.
 
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