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WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?

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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3525 on: January 31, 2025, 06:02:51 PM »
Quote from: Custard on January 31, 2025, 05:59:15 PM
Pointing out that you keep misusing the term “white privilege“ is not an indication of my indifference to people who experience racism or discrimination. Nichi has it exactly right.

I just gave you the literal definition of privilege. White people largely escape racism because of their ethnicity. It’s the literal definition of “white privilege.” There’s no way you guys are this dumb.
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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3526 on: January 31, 2025, 06:05:02 PM »
I mean WTF, this could not be more clear. It’s like arguing the definition of wet.

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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3527 on: January 31, 2025, 06:07:32 PM »
George Floyd essentially got murdered for trying to pass off a $20 bill. The kid who shot up a movie theater got treated to Burger King.
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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3528 on: January 31, 2025, 06:12:26 PM »
Quote from: Phony Stark on January 31, 2025, 06:02:51 PM
I just gave you the literal definition of privilege. White people largely escape racism because of their ethnicity. It’s the literal definition of “white privilege.” There’s no way you guys are this dumb.

Escaping racism is a right, not a privilege.

Getting a no show job is a privilege, but no longer the exclusive domain of the white old boys club.

Not all white people enjoy the privileges of a DJT or Tucker Carlson.

Meanwhile, racial profiling happens. Blaming it on white privilege distracts from the very real problem..
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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3529 on: January 31, 2025, 06:13:18 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on January 31, 2025, 06:12:26 PM
Escaping racism is a right, not a privilege.

Getting a no show job is a privilege, but no longer the exclusive domain of the white old boys club.

Not all white people enjoy the privileges of a DJT or Tucker Carlson.

Meanwhile, racial profiling happens. Blaming it on white privilege distracts from the very real problem..

Exactly this.
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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3530 on: January 31, 2025, 06:15:22 PM »
Quote from: Phony Stark on January 31, 2025, 06:07:32 PM
George Floyd essentially got murdered for trying to pass off a $20 bill. The kid who shot up a movie theater got treated to Burger King.

Your answer seems to be to treat everyone the way George Floyd was treated, since fair treatment is a white privilege, not a human right.
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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3531 on: January 31, 2025, 06:16:08 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on January 31, 2025, 06:12:26 PM
Escaping racism is a right, not a privilege.


That’s Utopian Libertarian bullshit. And meaningless at the end of the day. Racism is real life.
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« Reply #3532 on: January 31, 2025, 06:17:43 PM »
What would you call white privilege then?
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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3533 on: January 31, 2025, 06:18:44 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on January 31, 2025, 08:33:52 AM
Because of course....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/30/faa-dei-trump-fact-checker/

Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries

At news conference, Trump read a list of disabilities he calls disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019


Thanks Progressives and Bernie Bros for electing Trump!




I can't open the WaPo article. What does Glenn have to say ?

A couple of college trained (CTI) applicants were turned down for Air Traffic Control (ATC) positions under the Obama administration.
The Native American failed the Biological Questionnaire. Lofl.
Footnote 3 tries to explain a point system.
Did Trump go back to a merit program ?


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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3534 on: January 31, 2025, 06:20:55 PM »
Quote from: Phony Stark on January 31, 2025, 06:05:02 PM
I mean WTF, this could not be more clear. It’s like arguing the definition of wet.



If you buy that BS; then the solution becomes taking those implicit advantages away from whites instead of extending them to PoC.
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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3535 on: January 31, 2025, 06:21:39 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on January 31, 2025, 06:15:22 PM
Your answer seems to be to treat everyone the way George Floyd was treated, since fair treatment is a white privilege, not a human right.

Again, you’re spouting off theory. I’m talking about reality. Sure, in a better world escaping racism would be a right. It’s a right not extended to many people of color. Therefore, it becomes a privilege to people like me.  This is a tomayto v tomato conversation. Any way you slice it, white peoples get better treatment in society than people of color. Make of that what you will.
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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3536 on: January 31, 2025, 06:22:42 PM »
Quote from: illiniray on January 31, 2025, 06:20:55 PM
If you buy that BS; then the solution becomes taking those implicit advantages away from whites instead of extending them to PoC.

No. You’re talking pure theory here. Pointless.
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Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« Reply #3537 on: January 31, 2025, 06:23:00 PM »
Quote from: Phony Stark on January 31, 2025, 06:16:08 PM
That’s Utopian Libertarian bullshit. And meaningless at the end of the day. Racism is real life.

You don't fix it by blaming white people for not being victims of racism.
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« Reply #3538 on: January 31, 2025, 06:24:59 PM »
Quote from: Phony Stark on January 31, 2025, 06:17:43 PM
What would you call white privilege then?

Bull shit
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« Reply #3539 on: January 31, 2025, 06:25:04 PM »
The mere fact that you’re able to discuss it from that angle implies your privilege. Ask a black person if they agree with you. I’d bet the overwhelming majority wouldn’t. They live in the real world. Where racism isn’t theoretical.
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