To be slightly fed up of white people doing this

[TacoLover]

Every time there is a thread discussing racism, there will be a mention of white privilege. Cue a flurry of hurt posters writing essays about how stupid the idea of white privilege is and how it doesn't exist, because their lives are so hard and they grew up on a few pieces of bread and a Red Bull

This really gets on my tits because after seeing this shit time and time again, THIS ISN'T WHAT WHITE PRIVILEGE MEANS. It doesn't mean your life isn't hard, it doesn't mean you don't face barriers in your life. What it does mean is the barriers in your life will never or hardly ever be a result of the colour of your skin. It doesn't mean you live in a mansion because you're white.

Just needed to get that out,sorry. I'm sure my only replies will be white people telling me how racist I am for only targeting them(Even though this is something that only white people do)

The fact that so many white people have felt it their place to say, "White privilege exists" or "White people doesn't exist" kinda feeds into the OP's point. Thanks for the confirmation but I'm pretty sure we knew that already. It's almost as if for white people things only exist if THEY can see it, have a tangible example and get it. If they have a counter example or are just a bit razzed at someone typing the word "white" to apply to "white" people, then: it doesn't exist! Oh and riddle me this I know a rich black doctor! Ha! mind-blown!
If you are white. You don't 'get' it. You might be able to theorise, emote and rail against it. But you don't get to deny it, define it or have a say on what it is.

A comment like this leaves me feeling like I did the wrong thing, but I don't know what it is, and I don't know how to fix it. I want to do the right thing, what should I do/say?

Becles - the comments on the Oprah video on YouTube are so depressing.

Crazy that YouTube are allowed to get away with not moderating comments.

strange

Its always an odd one

I agree with what that poster is saying

And at no point have i tried to define it, deny it or have a say in it

But some posters without question would say what you just quoted and others would tell you off for not saying that you believe it exists

I do what i feel strongly i should do

In the same way i would say something if a friend made a racist comment in a pub, or they made a sexist comment

I dont have personal experience of racism, or being poor, or domestic violence or anything like that. But im not going to sit there and think 'i cant say something because i haven't experienced it' if i think its wrong ill say it. If i agree with a poster on here ...ill say it

This thread is great, it's given me books to read and people to Google. But most importantly it's showed me who not to engage with on other threads. Some long standing posters are very racist.