"White Privilege video" shown at Virginia school

So a video was shown recently at a school in Virginia that has some parents upset. Without siding against the points made in the video I think it was rather obvious that this was going to upset some people if you are paying attention to the news today. That being said I pretty much agree that this video makes some decent points. So many people of today are focused on the current situation of today, which is to say that we are closer to equality than ever before (yet as made clear by the video still not truly equal), that they dismiss the very idea of benefiting from being part of the majority that has made up America since it formed. On another level I think it goes against how people in America think of or country and it's history. I think the general idea of America is that it was forged from hard work, personal determination/grit, and ultimately luck had nothing to do with our success of a nation. I think people feel connected to that belief, and if they admit that certain classes of citizens have had it better for hundreds of years it messes with their world view or perhaps makes them think that they are less deserving of their own success than their forefathers if it turns out they had help (which I contend that it doesn't mean that at all).

Anyways here is the videos, let me know what you guys think.

https://www.good.is/articles/virginia-parents-shocked-by-white-privilege?utm_source=TSE&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=pd&utm_content=inf_10_81_2&tse_id=INF_07083bb4f3aa4f468fb372de5261496d

I have as many slaves in my ancestry if not more than anyone you can name. The very word slave comes from slav.

People have no clue what they are talking about and have no interest in learning because it would destroy the current bullshit narritive.

Slavery isn't the only thing that minorities have been hindered by, but many other problems have stemmed from slavery in our country.

I support what the schools are trying to say just not the way they go about it, such a video is vague to an outsider and each of these topics really needs to be explored by themselves. I've a feeling that the plight of people of color would be more apparent in their historical context. It's about show, not tell.

kids on college campuses are asking for segregation and wanting to limit freedom of speech and pulling race hoax after race hoax.

this bullshit narrative is destroying an entire generation of kids because people are trying to convince them they are helpless victims of oppression.

you tell people they are victims and they will live up to it.

instead of focusing on the black role models that i admired and was taught were american heros and what we can learn about life from their examples all we hear about is some criminal that was killed during the commission of a crime and what a tragedy it is.

the fact that everyone knows the name of a piece of shit like mike brown and have never heard of corey gabay is the biggest joke and slap in the face to the black community i can think of.

keep that shit up and see where it gets us.

Those were our ancestors, not us though. We have fought and continue to fight for equality. The same white privileged are the same people who have fought for equality for ages. Yet barely do we acknowledge those white privileged that did so back in those old days and continue today. People need to stop the us vs them, were all in this together, we all suffer from lack of equality and we must all come together like we always have throughout history to improve it.

There are people we lift up as fighters for equality who happen to be white, Lincoln and Susan B. Anthony come to mind. But generally we like to lift up those who fight for themselves such as Rosa Parks and MLK. It kinda goes with the (sorta) bs narrative that people in our country earn everything themselves, and nobody gave us any help along the way.

@Serraph105: Thats usually how it is for almost everything though. You need someone to take a majority credit so that you can parade them. Kinda like the President. Everyone knows it takes a whole team and both sides to get stuff done, but Obama takes all the blame and credit most the time.

Can we please move on from this bit in the news? The idea that the country is going in the wrong direction because a small group of college students had a dumb idea is a prime example of a BS argument. Young college kids have all sorts of ideas that happen to be dumb, but it springs from a lack of life experience more than anything else.

Yeah that's what being the public face of a country will do for you.

@Serraph105: Thats how i feel about being a majority. Makes you feel like Obama. Im sure places in Africa etc that have a majority black feel the same as us. Or how India feels when dealing with the Muslim minority. Or how Japan deals with the Korean or Chinese minority. Its like this all over the world, and has been for ages.

I think we should continue to do as always, help the majority of minorities of the world who are less fortunate regardless of race or color. Just like Dr. King had dreamed we would one day do.

what about the wave of race hoaxing going on? do we not talk about that either?

there were two last week with the albany bus attack and the princeton professor that claimed cops treated her like garbage because she was black. (maybe 3 depending on how the texas a&m thing turns out)

then in both cases the video of the incident came out and both were complete lies designed to prey on the current narrative.

and it was not just a few kids on one campus, it was multiple campuses putting up black safe space signs and calling for separation and restricting access to areas on multiple campuses depending on peoples race and sex.

this is happening right now.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/uconn-introduces-separate-dorm-for-those-who-identify-as-african-american/

can you not see what is going on? do you not care?

it is so ridiculous that actors are going on twitter to bitch about the racist ass oscars and they are literally actors that have multiple awards which white actors are not allowed to get.

i mean lol right?

how is something so silly even possible?

the narrative is bad, the narrative is not true, the narrative harms everyone and the narrative is designed to give political power to groups that do not give a damn about the black community.

that is how simple this is.

That video is completely true and I can see why parents would be mad. It's hard to take so much pride in yourself and look down upon the "minorities" if you are faced with the truth. Their whole self worth is based on denying these sort of things. Oh, slavery was so long ago just get over it right? Whats wrong with those black people?

Are you a person who "give a damn about the black community"?

Why am I doubtful.

because doubt is all you have.

i can sit right here and point to an almost unlimited amount of black roles models that are better people than i am or ever will be.

people that i learned from, people that i have admired and read about and studied their lives as lessons to live by.

i don't call out this shit because i hate those people.

i call out this shit because not calling it out is an insult to my heros.

I kept a straight face until the cages captured the guy and flew away with him.

Considering our history and our problems today, the video is true to an extent.

It might be because the prison population grew by 700 percent from 1970 to 2005, a rate that is outpacing crime and population rates. The incarceration rates disproportionately impact men of color: 1 in every 15 African Americanmen and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated in comparison to 1 in every 106 white men.

well, it dont matter what color or ethnic someone has, males are always males and women are always women ... and they will act as those only ...

the first problem is children are seperated from each other, if boys and girls of all ethnics would live together from day one ... they would never have a problem with each other in the future because they simply wouldnt see them as strangers or different to themself at all ... u may need others to determine your shape, but not your value

the other aspect is that standing united against a much weaker enemy is the most simple and primal form of socializing and is still number one method of choice today ...

@Riverwolf007: "i call out this shit because not calling it out is an insult to my heros."

Your black heroes wouldn't be insulted. However white supremacists are definitely cheering you on.

It's not my fault if the cages are racist and choose to pick black men to swoop down on and fly away with.

Though I agree we must accept the fact that things like slavery did happen, and there are current problems with racism.. The solutions put forwards are absolutely fucking bonkers though.. Instead of trying to rectify the supposed "white privilege" they only want to create their own descrimatory practices.. I mean is this fucking real life? The dumbass idiots protesting in MIZZ wanted to make black only areas, as BLACK people they wanted that.. Wtf?

How bout we rectify the actual problems instead of trying to shame white people..

Because you automatically assume somebody is looking down upon somebody if they dare disagree with a video that has little substance and explanation?

Honestly if you want to talk about privilege and how people are treated yes no doubt the African American community today has many sad unfair stereotypes but how about also the Native American community which is still today treated terrible and has many sports franchises that demonize and belittle them.

The video is terrible and the people who made it you would assume were college kids doing a school project. They hit on some topics that are worth discussing but don't expand and then they have the magical floating cages which also gives no explanation. Everything in the video is assumed.

It's horse shit and should be focused on economical standing regardless of anything else.. No bigger example was the jackass hunger striking in MIZZ because he felt like he was discriminated against because some random hick shouted the N word.. One person, in a campus of tens of thousands.. Furthermore this guy is the son of a multi millionaire.. He is apart of the privileged elite in the world, yet we hear this dumbass saying "the only thing we got to lose are these chains!"..

Things are far from equal. You can find examples of ridiculous statements on either side. The fact still remains, there is major bias out there and the deck is stacked against minorities in a multitude of ways and things need to change. Picking sides on this only leads to more race wars which is the last thing needed. All we can do is appreciate each other and give respect and treat everyone equally. We aren't there yet.

Or it may be the fact this kind of rhetoric has literally turned college campus's until hostile places that you have to tread lightly so you don't offend people's fucking "safe spaces".. Or we are seeing the promotion of absolute academic mediocrity simply because of their race, sex, or sexual orientation.. I am all for ending inequality and other such things, but much of the movement has went into the deep end in promoting the very things they were suppose to be against.. Like black only areas.. I mean really? Many of these movements have turned into anti-free speech, openly hostile movements.. Pretty much standing against everything the civil rights movement stood for in the 60's..

@sSubZerOo: Is not yelling racist things "treading lightly"?

....... You figured us all out Mark, we all must be racist and look down every one that isn't our skin color.. Well it must appear that way with your head so far up your butt. We have literally seen NOBEL prize winners ousted out of universities due to misunderstandings of TRIVIAL Jokes.. That's right Tim Hunt was forced to resign based upon supposed accusations because some one was "triggered" by a joke.. The SJW movement in universities stands against everything classical liberalism and the civil rights movement during the 1960s stood for.. What we are seeing are a bunch of bitter people who are trying to get back at others for perceived slights of bullshit to make themselves feel empowered. The victim complex has been weaponized to the point that people, who are in fact being racist, claim they can't be racist because they are part of the slighted..

@mark1974: your arguments are so weak all you can do is throw around unsupported labels and and scary accusations.

You are exactly the opposite of what you claim to represent and an example of every point I have brought up. Exactly like the current narrative.

The US wasn't racist until slave owners spewed its propaganda to justify black slavery for free labor and tried to erase black history from American history.

MLK would put his face between his hands and say "what have I done" if he were here to see the kind of shit "civil rights" movements have become today.

Bullying, delusions and even worse imaginary notions of "power", inability to read any kind of situation without pulling race or sex in it.

People like you make me sick.

im more disappointed that flash is still being used.

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just realize it's a five year old video.

if you try to reflect on other people you shouldnt stand directly in front of a mirror ... just an advice

Not sure what was vague about this video, i watched it with the sound off and could see exactly what they were saying, and its all true unfortunately.

White Privilege is a myth crafted by SJWs to shame innocent people.

@omotih: Who used a blanket generalization about how much white supremacists love me to try and make a point? And btw what white supremacists?

The southern poverty law center itself estimated there are less than 3, 000 klansmen left in a nation of 300, 000, 000 people. And the skinhead aryian nation is not doing much better. White supremacy is nothing more than another bullshit loaded buzzword intended to get an emotional response.

This is just another reason why the narrative is a joke. The social justice narrative does exactly what they accuse everyone else of and the moment you call them out on it out comes the scarlet letter that you can hang on anyone that disputes the lie.

What? I dared to argue against you? Well obviously I would since I'm an agent of the white supremacist, nazi, klan, patriarchy he-man woman haters club.

You guys don't have a leg to stand on as soon as your arguments are logically examined so you have to resort to rhetoric, manipulation of emotions and facts and when all else fails the social justice nuke of accusations of how racist and sexist we all are.

There is no such thing as white privlidge

I would be upset that this school is making pretend tales and saying it happens in real life.

Native Americans beg to differ. Nonetheless the reason racism exists is because of us v them ideology. That does not help. Some people need to look in the mirror with some sort of insight.

As someone who's Irish my ancestors went through pretty much everything that was listed in that video. We were right there sharing those bathrooms and water fountains with the black folk along with being slaves. Am I meant to have "White Privilege"?

The term just seems to exist so people can play the victim. Pass the blame onto someone else because they cant get anywhere in life etc.

Black man gets harassed by cops for doing nothing illegal, goes to walk away and gets shot 15 times in the back. White man gets harassed by cops for doing nothing illegal...oh wait.

Your theory debunked right there.

Here's another one: Cops get called out because of a black man wielding a machete, cops shoot him dead. Cops get called out because of a white man wielding a machete. Gets tasered and survives.

Do i need to carry on? Take your SJW BS and shove it. There's legitimate problems with race in our society and anyone diluting a serious issue like that down to just being some sort of stupid SJW shit needs a swift kicking in the ass.

Many people are harassed by cops for doing nothing. You people's definition of "nothing illegal" is comprised of jumping a man with a knife. But god forbid that cop defend himself.

Yes, there is SOME degree of racial tension in policing. No, that is not the majority of the cases people whine about, and no, none of this debunks my theory, or has anything to do with "white privilege".

@neoprime: welcome to the part of the narrative where we talk about 6 murders a year and ignore 6, 000 others because the right people didn't murder them.

WOW! One vague ass example and you think you've debunked someone's p.o.v.?

People need to grow a set and stop blaming their own shortcomings on everyone else. I'll try being polite when saying this but people are fed up with the black community always blaming their failures and poor choices on racism.

Says the guy with white skin. (im assuming so anyway. Not the greatest thing to do but everyone else here does it so why not i)

Oh and my "vague" example is pretty much something you heard talked about on the news on a weekly basis until just recently, so its not vague and proves the point very clearly.

If you are a white person you have nothing to fear from the cops, if your not white...good luck. Many black people feel this way and for good reason.

Hell, just look at how they treated the Boston bomber for example! When they found him they wrapped him up in bullet proof vests and carried him away, alive and well.

If he had black skin he would have been shot dead long before anyone could have arrested him.

To be blind to such blatant examples of racism and white privilege makes you part of the problem in itself.

Sure white people commit crimes all the time not saying they dont, but the reactions to white criminals vs black ones are far from equal and speak alot about the state of the race issue in our society.

Then you have the case where the little brown Muslim boy brought a school project into class and because they heard ticking they immediately assumed it was a bomb, because of course he has brown skin and is a Muslim so of course he must be a terrorist!!!!

Again, theory debunked, p.o.v. proved to be flawed. Try again.

Stop defending outright racism and inequality and maybe our world can heal and grow from the cesspit of hate its currently in.

@neoprime: they killed one of the boston bombers and shot 200 bullets at the other one in the boat that chewed him to pieces and the clock idiot had a meeting and a photo op with an actual no shit terrorist a week after all that outrage was going on.

I mean for gods sake.

Do you guys consider what you say for even one second before you package it up as fodder for the outrage machine?

Because lol.

Your vague example neglects whites who too are stopped or killed by cops. Contrary to what blacks want you to believe, whites deal with it as well. The market isn't cornered by blacks. Shocking I know but that's to be expected when you form your own opinion on facts rather than blindly listening to opinions you are told to believe because they support an agenda.

The Boston Bomber was shot to hell. Hell, the brother was killed. If you are going to mention someone, at least understand the situation. Saying he was "well" shows me your gross misunderstanding of the situation.

All you are is an excuse maker for bad behavior and poor choices. You can be an apologist and a believer in excuses. I prefer in being a realist.

@mark1974: You sound like you fail at life.

This is a bunch of straight garbage it's as simple as that.

I don't understand why people put so much emphasis on race. I get that there is a correlation between race and class, but to assume someone belongs to a certain class because of their race seems rather racist to me.

It's especially odd for me as someone from the UK where it's typically people from the north that get screwed over by our London focused government.

strange, that no shootings happen in a country like germany for instance and cops should be trained not to shoot to solve conflicts, they are the fcking cops ... PROBLEM number one with your twisted country ... get this stupid shit out of your head that wearing a gun is something sane ... normal people dont do this, normal cops dont use their guns ... this is some kind of mass manipulation BS that is only happening in the u.s. ... they dont care if you shoot your Kids or People you hate instead of talking with them, they just want to sell you shit ... its like they told you the whole life that 'right' is 'left' and 'wrong' is 'right' ... yeah, either forget everything they told you and try to evolve back into a human being or just die for 'their' twisted thoughts ...

@omotih: you are full of shit. American cops deal with a heavily armed population. Do you want them to go out there with daisies and chocolates?

And german cops will probably be dealing with the same stuff soon enough seeing as how gun demand in germany is going through the roof for reasons we dare not talk about. Go ahead and google up "germany gun demand" and see what the results bring up.

And they kill the "people you hate"?

What a joke.

No bias there at all right?

That's exactly the kind of logical statement that is not based in hysteria at all.