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This is Your Nation on White Privilege By Tim Wise For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help. White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because "every family has challenges," even as black and Latino families with similar "challenges" are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay. White privilege is when you can call yourself a "fuckin’ redneck," like Bristol Palin’s boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll "kick their fuckin' ass," and talk about how you like to "shoot shit" for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug. White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action. White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan, makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don’t all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you’re "untested." White privilege is being able to say that you support the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance because "if it was good enough for the founding fathers, it’s good enough for me," and not be immediately disqualified from holding office--since, after all, the pledge was written in the late 1800s and the "under God" part wasn’t added until the 1950s--while believing that reading accused criminals and terrorists their rights (because, ya know, the Constitution, which you used to teach at a prestigious law school requires it), is a dangerous and silly idea only supported by mushy liberals. White privilege is being able to be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you. White privilege is being able to have a husband who was a member of an extremist political party that wants your state to secede from the Union, and whose motto was "Alaska first," and no one questions your patriotism or that of your family, while if you're black and your spouse merely fails to come to a 9/11 memorial so she can be home with her kids on the first day of school, people immediately think she’s being disrespectful. White privilege is being able to make fun of community organizers and the work they do--like, among other things, fight for the right of women to vote, or for civil rights, or the 8-hour workday, or an end to child labor--and people think you’re being pithy and tough, but if you merely question the experience of a small town mayor and 18-month governor with no foreign policy expertise beyond a class she took in college--you’re somehow being mean, or even sexist. White privilege is being able to convince white women who don’t even agree with you on any substantive issue to vote for you and your running mate anyway, because all of a sudden your presence on the ticket has inspired confidence in these same white women, and made them give your party a "second look." White privilege is being able to fire people who didn’t support your political campaigns and not be accused of abusing your power or being a typical politician who engages in favoritism, while being black and merely knowing some folks from the old-line political machines in Chicago means you must be corrupt. White privilege is being able to attend churches over the years whose pastors say that people who voted for John Kerry or merely criticize George W. Bush are going to hell, and that the U.S. is an explicitly Christian nation and the job of Christians is to bring Christian theological principles into government, and who bring in speakers who say the conflict in the Middle East is God’s punishment on Jews for rejecting Jesus, and everyone can still think you’re just a good church-going Christian, but if you’re black and friends with a black pastor who has noted (as have Colin Powell and the U.S. Department of Defense) that terrorist attacks are often the result of U.S. foreign policy and who talks about the history of racism and its effect on black people, you’re an extremist who probably hates America. White privilege is not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is when asked by a reporter, and then people get angry at the reporter for asking you such a "trick question," while being black and merely refusing to give one-word answers to the queries of Bill O’Reilly means you’re dodging the question, or trying to seem overly intellectual and nuanced. White privilege is being able to claim your experience as a POW has anything at all to do with your fitness for president, while being black and experiencing racism is, as Sarah Palin has referred to it, a "light" burden. And finally, white privilege is the only thing that could possibly allow someone to become president when he has voted with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time, even as unemployment is skyrocketing, people are losing their homes, inflation is rising, and the U.S. is increasingly isolated from world opinion, just because white voters aren’t sure about that whole "change" thing. Ya know, it’s just too vague and ill-defined, unlike, say, four more years of the same, which is very concrete and certain. On Sep 17, 10:21 pm, El Tortuga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when the stupid dems get thrashed they filibuster > > sorry, the magicNegro isn't qualified > > On Sep 17, 11:13 pm, ChattyDaisy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Here you go, from several pro-right-wing news agencies. How can your > > own Republican Conservatives be wrong? > > >http://elections.foxnews.com/http://www.swamppolitics.comhttp://www.a...... > > > No worries, McPalin will sink faster than Wall Street with the next > > few days and the USA will earn her dignity and economy back by way of > > President Obama! > > > YES WE CAN! > > > Sarah Palin's rape kit controversy > > > When legislators run for president, they have to answer for every > > little vote they ever cast - yes, no or, er, present. When former > > mayors run for vice-president, we're learning this week, they have to > > answer for every policy in place in their town when they were in > > office. > > > Which brings us to the case of Sarah Palin and the town that charged > > victims for rape kits. > > > As Mary Pemberton of the Associated Press reports in a story headlined > > "Palin's town billed rape victims to get evidence": > > > When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, the city billed sexual assault > > victims and their insurance companies for the cost of rape kits and > > forensic examinations. > > > Palin had been in office for four years when the practice of charging > > rape victims got the attention of state lawmakers in 2000, who passed > > a bill to stop the practice. > > > Former Democratic Rep. Eric Croft, who sponsored that bill, said he > > was disappointed that simply asking the Wasilla police department to > > stop didn't work. Croft said he doubts she was unaware of the > > practice. > > > Maria Comella, a McCain-Palin campaign spokeswoman, said Palin "does > > not believe, nor has she ever believed, that rape victims should have > > to pay for an evidence-gathering test." To suggest otherwise, she > > said, is a "misrepresentation of her commitment to supporting victims > > and bringing violent criminals to justice." > > > The story continues: > > > As governor, Palin has worked in a variety of ways to tackle the > > problem of sexual assault and rape, including making domestic violence > > a priority of her administration, Comella said. Alaska routinely has > > the nation's highest rate of sexual assault. > > > Lawmakers became involved in 2000 when reports began coming in that > > police departments were charging sexual assault victims for the kits > > and the forensic exams, which cost from $300 to $1,200 at the time. > > The kit, a package of sample containers, swabs and other medical > > supplies, is used to collect evidence from women after they are > > attacked. > > > Then-Gov. Tony Knowles said Thursday that Wasilla was unique in the > > state in charging rape victims for the cost of doing the law > > enforcement necessary for solving the crime. > > > The bill passed the Legislature over the objections of Wasilla police > > chief Charlie Fannon, who said it would require the city to come up > > with more money to cover the costs of buying the rape kits and doing > > the exams. > > > Palin has made her executive experience - as mayor of Wasilla and > > governor of Alaska - a central point in her qualifications to be vice > > president. Last week at the Republican National Convention, she mocked > > Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama -- never a mayor, but a > > former community organizer -- by saying "I guess a small-town mayor is > > sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual > > responsibilities." > > > So the question is: Is it fair to assume those responsibilities > > included setting policy for the town police department, particularly > > when it acted in a manner she disagreed with? > > > On Sep 17, 7:40 pm, "Vox Itar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:31 PM, ChattyDaisy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This link shows the very graphic results of Palin's enthusiasm for > > > > kill and drill, but it needs to be passed around so people understand > > > > the magnitude of McCain's decision to make Palin his running mate. So > > > > sad... > > > > >http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm > > > > Numbers 8, 11, 12 & 13 are long-debunked Palin smears...the rest of it is > > > great stuff....makes me want to vote for her and John McCain even more! > > > > - Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
