"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion": Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools

[@shaniece766]

"Justice In June" by Bryanna and Autumn brought me here - i rly recommend it :)

[@melissad1354]

Same :)

[@chrisperkins3713]

Me too

[@wildflower0281]

me too!

[@diegovazquezgomez686]

Me too! I'm posting the link in a new comment for more people to be able to access it!

[@paigeknisley999]

Same!

[@igloozoo3771]

There is a fine line between compassion and pity. Pity doesn't empower. It creates forever victims.

[@MsShaw-uv8vy]

That’s kind of like if a person has never been in love and saying that because you never experienced it that love doesn’t exist.

[@jefft3217]

-Are you straight? You're privileged. -Are you able-bodied? You're privileged. -Do you live in a first world nation? You're privileged. -Do you have access to clean water? You're privileged. -Were you born into wealth? You're privileged. -Are you in good health? You're privileged. -Were you able to pay for education? You're privileged. -Are both of your parents in your life? You're privileged. I could go on and on. Literally every single one of us has a privilege over someone else. Why do people choose to call out other people for the privilege they think they have when they benefit from another form of privilege themselves?

[@smackledorfmcsween]

No one's trying to take anything from you. Just pointing out certain things that happen to be true. By you trying to point out certain things to deny certain privy you've just proved that certain privy exist. This goes back to segregation. Let's make it look like they have equal rights when they really don't. No one wants to accept that education was one of the problems. In today's society. Your argument is sickening.

[@lucasgonzalez9668]

Hint: Cultural Marxism and Critical Theory.

[@beansdestroyer]

@@smackledorfmcsweenexcept people like this actively want to take things from you

[@Snowy0508]

What is wrong with acknowledging that the above mentioned people are born in a much better existence than many others?

[@SnoopJeDi]

Hello, Justice in June friends. We can make a better world, but we must act consistently, as Peggy tells us she did. Do not waver in your dedication, renew it each day.

[@msheart2]

Brainwashed communists.

[@beansdestroyer]

Easy for a born rich white lady to say while the rest of us struggle. Midwits every last one of you

[@ivocanevo]

Powerful and moving talk. I was hoping that it would be moving far anyone who listened, but according to the comment section, we still have a long way to go.

[@ivocanevo]

Props to +wind0wninja for giving me a commenter to cheer for.

[@ivocanevo]

+Cupcake RS-X How about realizing that the lines of oppression already exist. recognition of privilege doesn't exist to praise of elevate those who have it. On the contrary, the point is for those who are able to take part in leveling the playing field. For example, if you give your seat on the bus to the woman with the cane, you are aware of your able bodied privilege, and you are acting with compassion. None of that is meant to categorize the woman as a lesser category of human; nor you for having working hips. Same goes for other kinds of privilege. Some people just have trouble noticing that we live in a culture in which people of colour, women, gay people and many others are actively marginalized every day for something that is just a fact of who they are. Again, the use of the word privilege calls out those situations, it does not (except for disingenuous abuse) create them.

[@ivocanevo]

+Cupcake RS-X How about realizing that the lines of oppression already exist. recognition of privilege doesn't exist to praise of elevate those who have it. On the contrary, the point is for those who are able to take part in leveling the playing field. For example, if you give your seat on the bus to the woman with the cane, you are aware of your able bodied privilege, and you are acting with compassion. None of that is meant to categorize the woman as a lesser category of human; nor you for having working hips. Same goes for other kinds of privilege. Some people just have trouble noticing that we live in a culture in which people of colour, women, gay people and many others are actively marginalized every day for something that is just a fact of who they are. Again, the use of the word privilege calls out those situations, it does not (except for disingenuous abuse) create them.

[@ivocanevo]

(Sadly I can't fix those autocorrects from the app, but hopefully you can read past them.)

[@ivocanevo]

+Cupcake RS-X I don't think we're using the same definition of privilege. I think I understand your points but I respectfully disagree. There are basics of life which are very hard or impossible to acquire for some, while others have the fortune to worry about "success". It's well documented by now that the people who least understand such problems are the ones who don't experience them. The idea is to pay attention and act to rectify social systems that perpetuate imbalances caused by things that people cannot control.

[@TheWhoMe123]

This is important. Here MacIntosh points toward the practical import of her ideas. The idea of 'privilege' should operate in society as a catalyst to compassionate action. We need to keep that in mind. The language of privilege has been often been used as a kind of weapon to silence those with whom we disagree (i.e. - check your privilege), perpetuates the 'victim olympics', as Jonathan Haidt has called it, and produces guilt and shame among "identity groups" deemed "privileged" without qualification. Perhaps it would be useful to reframe the conversation in terms of 'gratitude', which has been shown to correlate with compassion in a variety of studies. Consider the things you are grateful for and how those things might give you advantages over others. These could include natural asymetries (like temperment, intelligence), dispositional attributes like assertiveness, or 'identity-based' asymetries (which might include investigating gender, race, class). By doing so we avoid emphasizing difference, which has been shown to increase divisions among identity groups, while maintaining the practical import of the original idea.

[@lucasgonzalez9668]

Critical theory was always meant to spawn a never ending baseless criticism of western society and all that it stands for. This is simply more Cultural Marxist propaganda.

[@beansdestroyer]

She is an upper class silver spoon buffoon and shouldn’t be taken seriously

[@KTSLAY]

Yuri bezmenov explains what this is about

[@judithfitzgibbons6037]

Justice in June brought me here.

[@beansdestroyer]

White women lmao

[@arasbackwards003]

Justice in June by Bryanna and Autumn brought me here

[@tiasander7638]

Justice in June by Bryanna and Autumn also brought me here and I am so thankful!!

[@marcmarenco1679]

Compassionate educators are committed to three things: literacy, competence, and integrity.

[@hollismacwenzel]

Thank you. This “ little old lady with white hair” (her words) IS using her privilege to educate those of us that needed to hear her message. I don’t think I could have taken in what she said here from someone else. This is a very powerful talk. I will share it. I will push myself to follow her in her footsteps, investigating and acknowledging my own privilege.... and take action to fight privilege and promote social equity in all of its forms. Thank you again. I was looking for someone to help me understand this time in history and I found her.

[@wolforme10]

What an incredible insight.

[@lucasgonzalez9668]

I'm certain that there were many discussions of Jewish privilege in Germany around the 1930s. Perhaps we should learn from them! Brilliant!

[@beansdestroyer]

Wow if only I could use my rich privilege to grift off white idiots like you

[@samuelhuggins3173]

I would like to encourage everyone to watch a series entitled race, religion and racism by Frederick K.C Price.

[@Barkingdog1978]

Where can I find the reference you gave?

[@charlieemanueljr7789]

Mrs. McIntosh really touched my heart. This is one of the greatest lectures on privelege, that I have ever heard. It is very true that no white person should feel guilty of a system that they did not create, but they should use their position in society to weaken and eradicate all forms of white supremacy. Thank you Mrs. McIntosh because your words have enlightened me as well as blessed my soul.

[@AbdulKareemAbdulRahman]

She's the one who first researched and advanced the concept of 'group privilege'

[@car-ls8uc]

Touched your heart?!...is that because you don't have a brain?...

[@doodlepookie]

@Charlie Emanuel Jr Thank you for sharing your voice and your perspective.

[@lucasgonzalez9668]

This is a most destructive form of discussion. Cultural Marxism all the way through.

[@beansdestroyer]

She should give her trust fund and millions of dollars away. She is a grifting hack

[@MidwestMachete]

Justice in June brought me here, just like everybody else, I highly recommend it!

[@MidwestMachete]

Thanks! :)

[@rhondavromanwithevenbeing8452]

Justice in June also brought me here. Thank you Bryanna and Autumn, thank you Peggy McIntosh.

[@Shin-nl8oz]

This made me cry. Thank you from my deepest heart 💖 I'm an Asian woman, and it's true that 99% of white-Westerners don't seem to know how much they are privileged at birth or how much we, non-Westerners, need to fight to get what they take for granted. However, I don't complain. I don't blame white people. They don't need to "weaken" their privilege, either. Coz there's nothing wrong with being born with their privilege. And I know they themselves must be experiencing different kind of difficulties as well, perhaps because of their privilage as it may sound contradictory. And I'm proud of my country, so I don't want to be viewed as a victim, either. Yet, I want them to imagine how it's like to live as a non-Westerner and try to understand it before judging it by white-Western standard. Regrdless of where we were born, we should strive for a brighte day together😊 We should be compassionate towards each other ✨ Anyway, the fact that this beautiful lady realised it alone moved me to tears. Thank you!

[@MoonmanSpacejam]

So, what about any other American? Or is it just white people? Are there not successful Asians in America? Who dominate the medical industry? Who came here, given free education and worked hard in just a short amount of time to enjoy the freedom anyone has a right too?

[@thegreatergood8081]

A broke white guy in a dying Rust Belt town doesn't have more "privilege" than a third generation Korean American woman from a wealthy family. There is no "compassion" in this worldview, not for white people.

[@janethogueful]

Justice in June by Bryanna and Autumn also brought me here. Very good.

[@prschuster]

"One has more than one deserves" ... This is exactly what's wrong with Peggy's critical race theory. It assumes a zero sum game where a win for one person is a loss for the other. Here's what that view entails: 1) I don't deserve to be free of racial profiling, 2) I don't deserve to have a job when someone else is unemployed, 3) I don't deserve to be free of racial harassment, 4) I don't deserve to get a good education. The vast majority of these white privileges are not special advantages at the expense of others, but rather the privilege of having your civil rights and basic human dignity respected. In fact, some of these "white privileges" have more to do with being middle-to-upper class. Most whites don't have a college degree or white collar job where they can publish books about how privileged they are. Peggy's list of privileges totally fails to make this fundamental distinction. This privilege of having more than one deserves, has more to do with being among a privileged elite, like a well known published author and college professor who gets invited to give talks about privilege all around the country.

[@prschuster]

And I do believe that there is racial disparity in a lot of areas, such as profiling, employment, education etc., on the basis of race. I'm only commenting on the guilt trip (of which she is in denial) that being white somehow gives one something "more than what one deserves", as if white people are taking something away from nonwhites when they have their basic rights respected.

[@nicorainblack9092]

Zhe majored in Womyns' Studies, not math.

[@GeorgeBonez]

prschuster I agree with every single word you said. Although I think I am one to take it from where you stopped on to another notch due to my own personal life experience and personality difference. I am going to digress and leave it right where you intended it to be left. I say Bravo to your comment!

[@tonysatie2291]

prschuster - Please rewind and listen again.

[@msharrett1204]

If one is white and poor, the privileges still exist.

[@way2tehdawn]

What are you actually supposed to do though? I mean specific actions to take. This is my life in a nutshell... Wake up, wash, dress, breakfast, school, socialise, dinner, exercise, sleep... I live in the middle of fucking nowhere the nearest town only has about 40k people in it. What do I actually do?

[@prschuster]

You're supposed to go to the nearest police officer and plead to be beaten and arrested so you can absolve yourself of the white privilege of not being profiled by police (sarcasm). The problem with her view of privilege is that it is based on a zero sum game where you are supposed to benefit from some else's mistreatment, which obligates you to feel responsible for the misfortume of others. It's a guilt trip, even though she denies that fact.

[@way2tehdawn]

prschuster Hah wow, you've really been through the grinder haven't you? You had to point out your statement was sarcastic XD

[@spiffynatlee]

If you or others are serious I think what you can do is recognize it, own up to it-that you might actually benefit from this privilege and that it exists in the first place- and then try to work to get rid of it so more are on a level playing field. It's not level now. People start in life from different places; they have different opportunities based on where they are (things like socioeconomic status, race, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, etc. You can have different kinds of privileges and hardships based on such markers of identity, but don't think it's a "who has it worse" or that this is a fun game for people to play. These are people's lives). Don't just object to this, but think about it. I suggest if you or others are actually interested read her list of examples of white privilege and male privilege that was inspired by the her and check off what you can. They consist of some seemingly mundane things that you might take for granted in your everyday life, such as what you just described. Maybe that's helpful in seeing it. This may sound rude but get over your feelings. This might take some time and granted, learning about this is hard. Get over this idea of a "guilt trip" because how others are systematically oppressed is much worse than one person's feelings who is being asked to think about all of this, especially if you are more likely to have better opportunities in life--which no one is hating you for or asking you to get profiled or whatever. That's not how you approach a more just society and that's not the point of thinking about this. I get it was supposed to be ~sarcasm~ --obviously, immature. Also, zero sum game? It's not that simple. But actually sure why not, you do benefit by NOT being mistreated. There's a reason why. Think about why that is without being immature about it. Is it that bad to accept that others are treated unfairly even though you might not have purposely done anything to make them suffer? That's the point of talking about privilege and the invisibility of it. You grow up in a system that benefits you that you don't even have to think about it and you may grow up thinking it's fair for you and others because you worked hard for your success and everyone is "equal" aka starts at the same place as you. I already mentioned this isn't so. Do you think others shouldn't make you feel bad for something you did or didn't do by pointing this stuff out. Listen up when people talk about this and be more open when being called out (the natural response may be to defend yourself but let it go. it's not to make you feel bad or inferior. maybe people believe in you to be better). Is it that bad to accept how others are treated unfairly and how you are treated better is connected...and say, awful? Yes, it sucks. Only by starting to recognize it without hurt feelings, denial, defensiveness, hatefulness, and being a smartass can you really do anything. Maybe that takes time and a lot of conflicting feelings. No matter what, you're raised a certain way here, with so many influences around you. No matter what, white privilege exists, so the majority of socializing will consist of and benefit white people; a lot of that will be internalized and you can't exactly be blamed for that. It's up to you now as you learn about it to do something. For that, you can be accountable. Challenge privilege. In your everyday life you can chip away at it by letting others speak up; you recognize white people have had the privilege to do so for so long, and have and are able to do so without being questioned, with the belief from others that you know what you're talking about. Think about things such as when black people are thought of as "articulate, for a black person" or any other compliment, "for a ___ person." A person of color as the exception (since white is supposed to be the standard and what is good): wow you're so smart or pretty or whatever--with the underlying belief that people like them are dumb, ugly, etc. Have you seen that? Have you thought that? It happens, maybe more than people would like to think. Understand that intentions and consequences don't always match up--what you think you didn't mean to do can actually cause someone to feel a certain way and those consequences should matter more than what you actually intended. Try to see why another person feels what they feel. Be more conscious about what you say and do. I think as you learn about privilege and such things it might be easier to spot though, people make mistakes along the way and throughout life. Apologize when you need to for the offense and not, sorry this comment offended you. That may be harsh if you didn't originally mean to hurt or offend but think how much worse it is to have been hurt or offended and then to have to second guess yourself if it even should make you feel as bad or if it even was an offense. Most likely that person has experienced things like that more than once and from good meaning people. There are a lot of microaggressions that exist--racism, sexism, and other kinds of oppression may not be as obvious and overt as in the past but exist covertly and to deny and pretend the world is a fair place because there has been some change denies the realities that people face. Take others' experiences as valid and that them being able to speak is not a threat to you ever being able to speak up again. It is fair and right for them to speak; it shouldn't be about you. No one is trying to oppress you nor can you be. Anti-racism is not anti-white and while I'm on that, you can't be racist against white people because of the power structure in which we live. Sure anyone can be prejudiced against white or other people and that sucks but do not equate it to racism that people of color have experienced and continue to experience (think of slavery; segregation; the genocides of Native Americans and their culture, ie boarding schools, and other groups of non-white groups; Japanese internment camps; deportation and targeting of Latinos; hate crimes and prejudice against Middle Eastern and Muslim people, especially after 9/11; and more, and the trauma and consequences that exist even generations after). I am speaking in general terms and based on what I see here and in so many places; I am not accusing you specifically. Also, I do recognize people of color and other people in oppressed groups can be offensive and can work on these things as well. Anyway, don't think you know everything and are superior because of your race; you are learning as are others. Don't be colorblind--as in reduce it to "I don't see color, I think we are all just the human race, we all bleed red, and are equal"--again, this denies the reality people actually face and their cultural identities. It probably makes one feel it fair when they call others lazy or dumb because "we're equal" and should be able to achieve the same things when there's actually much more at hand. Don't perpetuate stereotypes. Don't say offensive things and think it's okay because "it's just a joke." Ask yourself and others why offensive jokes are funny vs asking others why they can't take a joke. Challenge yourself when you make assumptions about others; recognize your biases--we all have them but it's if we do something about them that counts. Maybe you think you are fair and just and you deserve what you have because you're a good, hardworking person. [I guess I'm making an assumption but many people seem to think this; because who likes to be wrong or feel they are a bad person?] Anyway, challenge that, think about it. I don't mean, hey you're wrong and terrible, and you don't deserve any of it. I mean why are you there, what has helped you and do others have that? Why or why not. The point isn't to make you be a better person by forcing you into a guilt trip. I recognize a lot of this can make one feel guilty, sure. But being a better person and working for the just treatment of others consists of not reducing it to a simple guilt trip. Life is more complicated than that and honestly what's worse, crying about how others just want you to feel bad to care about something or actually owning up and saying okay, this exists. Maybe you are more open about learning about this and ready to do more about it, like engaging others in conversation, if you can. It's great to learn from one another but obviously some people are hostile, defensive, and downright gross to engage with. Some people come around and can even give you a new perspective as you can do the same for others. Read more about these issues, expand and spread your knowledge. Think critically. Put down your defense. Treat others in your everyday life better; maybe you already do treat people pretty fairly and without prejudice. Just remember that some biases are implicit and hard to get rid of without putting in work. It can be hard work and a lifelong process. Also, you are on social media, at least here, so maybe continue watching things like this, share. Did not mean to write as much but I hope that's helpful for the original poster or anyone that cares or that it may simmer in your mind if you don't believe in this right now.

[@Wasp16mm]

heartwaves Too long didn't read. And BTW why would i want to get rid of my own privilege.

[@spiffynatlee]

Well that's why things stay the way they are. You asked, I tried to answer. It requires actual work and you're too lazy to actually read and use your brain. Pointless.

[@diamundrouff3316]

Peggy that was refreshing to see you're educated on your life privilege and articulate it in a simple way for people who are not of any "colored" descent to comprehend daily social injustice of black ppl/ppl of color. Thanks!

[@erinhollow773]

As an autistic person, the computer metaphors really helped me understand. I'm white and can use this information, but I also have trouble understanding my own brain.

[@JasonGodwin69]

You're being exploited and brainwashed by marxist terrorists who hate you and want to use you. Sad!

[@DONDESKAINC]

@@JasonGodwin69 your a real piece of work! your sad! NO ERIN The privilege system is real everyone should have to work for what they receive and you don't have to be guilty about benefitting from privilege but you also shouldn't treat others differently if they don't.

[@AlxMar5]

​@@JasonGodwin69 you people are delusional beyond reason.

[@MWASypa]

Wow. Karl Marx would've loved to work with her.

[@BallinNQnz]

Why u say that?

[@lucasgonzalez9668]

Honestly, that's what I'm saying.

[@vixen1975]

@11:11- There it is...and I thank her for being open about it. White Privilege is a systemic machination that individuals can affect. I am not surprised that most of the commenters, here, reject this notion...what a privilege, to be able to reject the reality of others. Also, "White Privilege" exists in the US and not in China, India, etc., because the US is a colonized country that relied on systems of oppression. Black people were LEGALLY oppressed from 1616 - 1965. The numbers do not lie. So, please, miss me on the "White Privilege" does not exist. Please acknowledge it and make the decision to TRANSFORM and WEAKEN the system of White Privilege.

[@EdSelkowPersonal]

So maybe we can volunteer to have our brains splattered at the Knock Out sneak attacks downtown? Would that be transformative enough for you Vixen?

[@SuperElite27000000]

Ed Selkow Notice she hasn't answered?

[@NovaStarr]

Ed Selkow Because every black person and no white people in America are doing that?

[@PatKittle]

Cosmic Glider's Dimension As much as you long for your precious sense of eternal victimhood, the fact is black-on-white crime greatly exceeds white-on-black crime -- and you know it although you can't admit it.

[@ogunsiron2]

***** don't know if you will believe me but I'm actually black and yet i find the idea that white people living in white run, white built countries should work to abolish their privilege to be utterly retarded. To me it's like saying that i should work on abolishing the privilege that I enjoy at home compared to people who don't live in my home. What's the point of owning my own home if my own home isn't a space of privilege for me ? Whats the point of having a country if living in that country doesn't afford you some privileges ? It's as if i worked 75h/week at a job, but i should not enjoy the "privilege" of making more money than my colleague who works 40h/week. I think Whites should be much more aggressive when responding to this privilege bullshit. Yes some of the privilege that the antiwhites complain about are fictional BUT there is really nothing fundamentally wrong with enjoying some privilege when you're living in the country and the civilization that was given to you by your ancestors. Privilege doesn't mean treating outsiders like shit anyways. I enjoy privilege in my home and yet it doesn't mean that I can kill or torture people with impunity in my home! Stop the demonization of privilege. It has its place in the world. Black people stop complaining about white privilege and work on building desirable societies where you will be able to rightfully enjoy black privilege. That's all.

[@AssortedAmblings-q8j]

Justine in June brought me here four years later.

[@michellerhoton4944]

Justice in June brought me here! Thank you

[@cegr76]

"kinder, fairer, more compassionate life"

[@lindsayblackie4382]

I feel I'm in good company as I was brought here by Justice in June

[@ajohn47708]

Prschuster you are half correct. The privilege Peggy speaks of has come at the opportunity costs of others. Yes class is a bigger issue but all things being equal there is a color advantage.

[@rmnant1]

I am so proud of Mrs. Macintosh's courage to be transparent, and honest. Her revelation of her truth was so awesome, and became her crusade.... Great TED clip...

[@freemenownrifles8814]

I DOUBT THIS LADY EVER "STUDIES" IN ATLANTA OR DETROIT AFTER DARK.....

[@vinkybong]

Or walks through Brownsville alone. It's a privilege to be in physical danger because of being white.

[@beansdestroyer]

She was born into a rich family of course she wouldnt

[@Sarstan]

I'd like to cash in my white male privilege now. I've been working since I was 6 years old, grew up in poverty and missed plenty of meals for it, spent my years in school being told that, as a white boy, I should let everyone else get more than me because it's harder for them to earn it, spent years working in physically demanding jobs before being laid off and going to college while living with my mom again. I now have debt that I was responsible taking for college and have been making payments on consistently and have every intention of paying off with the money I earned working two jobs the last couple of years. But please, now that I have a fixer upper house I bought with excellent credit and a small down payment, tell me how I didn't earn this and owe it to other races.

[@Nicaea7]

You are 100% allowed to enjoy the life that you've earned. This conversation shouldn't make you feel guilty or undermine your struggles, though it seems that it has, and I'm sorry. It's more about having compassion for others, believing their experiences, and recognizing that you may be treated differently from them by society. Like the speaker said, privilege is not earned, so you shouldn't feel guilty for it. It doesn't make you any less deserving of a good life than anyone else. The value in recognizing your privilege is to uplift others, not put yourself down.

[@rhyno4152]

Nicaea7 i couldn’t have put it better myself

[@Pastshelfdate]

Sorry my disabilities kept me from being a college professor. The "soft stuff" is in those male professors' heads. Right away, I thought "Elizabeth I of England isn't soft stuff. Louis XV of France is. Harriet Tubman really isn't soft stuff. Lame-moral-compass Chief Justice Taney is (and embarrassing). As is, college kids have to depend on the steps the creators of Sid Meier's Civilization 6 have taken, to include many historic female leaders - of nations, arts, and sciences. Maybe I'm only more aware because I've been below the privilege line, because of my disabilities (all from the neck up). I have a 160 IQ, but because of ADD, autism, and resulting 30 years' clinical depression, I had to wait 40 years, just finally to be paid what minimum wage would be, had it not lost half its value to inflation.

[@vinkybong]

Indoctrination 101

[@RickRudesMustache]

The farther down you get on the economic scale the more you really have to stretch the whole meaning or even importance of some of these so called " white privileges". People who defend her view try so hard to separate the two when in alot of areas that's what it usually boils down to.

[@matthewclarke1926]

But the study hasn't resulted in compassion. The negative emotions that she readily admits to that result from her ideology are real and are being expressed right now. An entire lot of young people fed this toxic ideology have been spit out of the education system with nothing to show for it but anger and student debt. The complexity of our society allows for many interpretations and when viewed through a lens of social justice will not end well. History is repeating itself: we are splitting our society into two groups, people of color and whites. This has had murderous results in the past. The lens we need to be looking through is one of forgiveness and reconciliation. The horrors of the past need to be taught truthfully but not religiously; they need to be taught so that we don't repeat the past rather than be taught in a way that assigns blame and seeks restitution. Further, we shouldn't be teaching young children these potentially toxic ideologies as they don't have the maturity to understand them in a way that doesn't result in negative emotions.

[@djtimtim9979]

The Dunning-Kruger effect in effect!

[@gorkyd7912]

That feeling good is the result of something called selflessness. Using what you have to actually help others brings meaning to human life. It's a feeling that millions of white males are familiar with as they gave their health and lives in work and combat for the freedom and prosperity you enjoy and are using to call them oppressors because they don't share the need to spend a $45,000 education on something like gender studies. It's not disrespect for their mothers, no idea where you get that idea, it's because we're all either male or female and we have enough specific gender knowledge from everyday life that we don't need a bunch of generalized platitudes taught like it's new information and repackaged into a destructive social agenda.

[@midnightshade32]

Well said!!!!!!!

[@pandabear9823]

You are very bigoted and show you understand nothing of the true agenda. She is simply saying that we should be incorporating information on the accomplishments of women in the same feilds of study, that have been left out and ignored for generations. Women have done alot for this country as well and should be represented equally in the SAME classes. And don't pull that military card because there is a huge amount of women who fight and die for our country still to this day, do not devalue their lives in such a way.

[@lucasgonzalez9668]

@@pandabear9823 More men fight and die than women. I actually think our nation is cowardly for throwing women into combat instead of fighting man for man.

[@kantstenchonthemel5641]

I love it when elite bourgeoisie lectures the people on moral grounds

[@hollismacwenzel]

She has access to a platform that will reach and be heard by many... I am impressed and thankful that she is checking herself and taking action. How does your judgment of her help change the situation?

[@kantstenchonthemel5641]

@@hollismacwenzel Her kind contributed largely to the situation. I wouldn't say a word if she wasn't richwomansplaining

[@luke2080]

Hollis Wenzel You missed the excellent point made because you wanted to sound righteous. 😂

[@lucasgonzalez9668]

I agree with the sentiment, but hate the Marxist terms.

[@ednathomas1709]

Watching this video gave me an excellent pretext as to why Peggy McIntosh wrote her research paper on White Privilege. A must read prior to reading her work.

[@77tubuck]

+Edna Thomas Watching this video I can't help thinking what a pathetic spoiled rotten brat she is acting like. No I am not going to feel sorry for you or her. I will not submit to the concept of white privilege. You tell me I have right privilege and you will be talking to yourself.

[@77tubuck]

+Giggles Giggles No I have the right to feel that way.

[@77tubuck]

+Giggles Giggles "You don't have any rights." Thats the same way the Nazis viewed the Jews and it is bigotry. You know nothing about my forefathers.

[@77tubuck]

+Giggles Giggles I am not twisting anything around. I have the right to feel the way I feel. Yes you put quotes around the word rights implying that I don't have any rights. "You mentioned bigotry, who on this earth is more bigoted than the white race." That statement is bigotry in itself. Stop blaming the white race for everything that went wrong in your life.

[@77tubuck]

+Giggles Giggles "Are you afraid that the tables might turn and whites get a taste of their own medicine?" What do you mean by tables turn? Do you mean the majority of homeless being black females? I am not afraid. If this was a phone call I would hang up on you at this point.

[@gabimaza780]

Bless this lady for being able to recognize this in herself.

[@calebrobinson6514]

I had to watch this video as an assignment. Couldn't even finish it. This is why people believe they're victims.

[@allanhundeby1675]

Then you're still blinded too, Caleb. That's sad.

[@bboystance1670]

It is sad! To make people think they're oppressed because of their race is a very sad thing!

[@Hevted]

im in the same boat as you right now

[@capybaras8]

same here right now 😐

[@melanietran7998]

100% true. Everything is a social construct that keeps humans in a hierarchy. Institutions like schools, churches, governments, workplaces, media and etc all work in a system to oppress people of color (blacks, latinxs, native americans, asians and more). For example, let's say one day you ask yourself when you see black male who is not financially successful in life "Why can't he just work his way up?". The answer to this question is the fact that the systems has made it so he CAN'T. White supremacy is real and live. In order to stop it, you need to recognize that you have white privilege, and you must use it to help others whose voices are not listened to because of the color of their skin. White silence = violence. Unearned privilege is also not set to this specific categorization of race (in the United States) Privilege exists in the heterosexuals, being able to carry out a heteronormative life without hate. Privilege exists in being able bodied (not being disabled), because remember being disabled is BAD and you should feel SORRY for them because of it! (This is sarcasm) Privilege exists in being a man, because being a man means you can rape women and 99% of the time get NO jail time. Privilege exists in being Christian, because let us always remember Christmas and who even cares about any other religions holidays, right? Privilege exists in being WHITE, because this is what is normal, and white is right! Right?

[@dejstoney]

@TheGreaterGood80 If some people can admit their privilege without their ego getting in the way, seems like you are just deflecting because you feel shame. Let's stop making privilege about personal jabs and attacks because it's not. The concept is realizing that a system can benefit certain ppl than it can others. You're putting your pride into it and that will always be your problem and people like you.

[@dragonofepics7324]

M that latinx label is BS. Who is it for? The vast majority of Latin Americans and people of Latin American descent don’t use it. And I don’t think the migrants crossing deserts to reach this country would enjoy being called privileged because they’re Christian. And guilting people into speaking by saying they’re being violent is fascist tactics. Just because someone isn’t speaking doesn’t mean they aren’t using their voice. Many people simply just use their voice when it’s time to vote. Which is the most important time to use your voice and the most effective. Not guilt tripping random people.

[@tonyvillani4614]

Melanie Tran .... you have lost the plot , however I suggest you submit yourself to be judged in the Victimhood Olympics ,- you may just win!

[@samanthafurlong401]

Justice in June by Bryanna and Autumn also brought me here- excited to learn!

[@hollymills1970]

Brought here by Justice in June. Thank you!

[@stacianngreason]

Thank you for bringing me here, Justice in June!

[@BoiKitty]

Money = Access = Privilege Awareness = Knowledge = Power = Access = Privilege 🧠

[@moonman1783]

They should have a debate between her and Uncle Ruckus.

[@andresbucio3000]

This is a very good example of how too many women can't help been annoyingly solipsistic when they try to think philosophically, it also explains why important philosphers are practically all men.

[@jakevendrotti1496]

Thanks for proving her very point

[@andresbucio3000]

@@jakevendrotti1496 how

[@shoutingatclouds1050]

Yes philosophy comes from using your grey matter, woman do not use grey matter.

[@beansdestroyer]

Women can only understand emotional arguments

[@Margie1802]

White privilege is a fact of life, in the US. It is what a white person does with it that matters. She is right that you cannot give it away, but it can be used for the betterment of race relations and improved opportunities for those who are not born into it. There are a number of people in the business world who are committed to equal opportunity and recognize the value of a different outlook and experience in society.

[@jefft3217]

Everyone has privilege of some sort. The fact that you wrote this message on this platform is privilege in itself.

[@cryptsub]

She was born into great wealth, yet feels comfortable chastising poor whites about their "privilege."

[@JBSOUNDADVICE]

What privilege do they have that others do not? Is there a difference in American laws between the two races? I am not from country so I do not know

[@zxyatiywariii8]

@@cryptsub In all these years, wealth is the one privilege she seems to steadfastly fail to address. At least I haven't seen her address it. Not even in her famous essay, "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" where her own wealth has blinded her to some of the privileges she attributes to her Whiteness. Many of those privileges do NOT apply even to the vast majority of my white friends (like -- being able to afford a house in a neighborhood where they would want to live). Her list is free online, and worth reading, if you haven't already. Just google the title. Especially if, like me, you weren't born into wealth. Whatever color you are, you'll notice the wealth privileges she completely overlooks as she lists the privileges she attributes to Whiteness. I'm not white and I've definitely experienced racism, once even false arrest. However, I have more in common with white people in my same income level, than with people my color who live in mansions in gated communities and who never have to worry about how they'll pay for anything, not even now, during a PANDEMIC.🤦🏾‍♀️ Racism is of course still a huge problem, and we can all do more to work together with people who aren't the same race as we are, and to listen to each other and try to understand each other more. I hope and pray for more peace and compassion for everyone who needs help, whatever race they are.♥️

[@jessicajdwyer426]

This is wonderful, I highly recommend it 💖

[@dparker8419k]

I'm sorry but social justice isn't actual justice.life is designed to be unequal.I'm a 32 year old army veteran.I have both white and black in me and my family. your start point in life means absolutely nothing to where you end up. one can grow up affluent and through that person's individual actions can end up destitute in death and vise versa.I get through out history every race,sex has been oppressed and have been the oppressor.if you are of the mindset that because these groups of people who you perceive to have a privilege to be superior to you then you will be held back by your own self. in the military race Creed,where you are from means nothing.we count on one another to accomplish the mission or it doesn't get done at all.

[@charlieemanueljr7789]

Mr. Parker the "American Dream" is a myth based on the idea of meritocracy. Nothing is absolute, but you must go back to the mid 1600's to Bacon's Rebellion, and all the way up until our current era to realize that white people have always had priveleges. Now their priveleges do not excuse minorities from overcoming adversity and becoming successful, but there are certain people who have acquired privileges that has followed them through generations. Chattel slavery, Homestead Act, gentrification, red lining, White flight, Jim Crow, institutionalized racism, discrimination, and etc., has afforded certain priveleges that people of color were not afforded. Minorities /black people have come a long way and can overcome, BUT WHITE PRIVILEGE STILL EXISTS. I speak with much respect for your opinion and I only give my opinion. God bless you and your family.

[@charlieemanueljr7789]

Mr. Parker the "American Dream" is a myth based on the idea of meritocracy. Nothing is absolute, but you must go back to the mid 1600's to Bacon's Rebellion, and all the way up until our current era to realize that white people have always had priveleges. Now their priveleges do not excuse minorities from overcoming adversity and becoming successful, but there are certain people who have acquired privileges that has followed them through generations. Chattel slavery, Homestead Act, gentrification, red lining, White flight, Jim Crow, institutionalized racism, discrimination, and etc., has afforded certain priveleges that people of color were not afforded. Minorities /black people have come a long way and can overcome, BUT WHITE PRIVILEGE STILL EXISTS. I speak with much respect for your opinion and I only give my opinion. God bless you and your family.

[@Giantstalking]

Apples to Oranges for the last part. The point of Social Justice is that life is not equal but that should not stop us from trying to make it so. We should try to bring everyone up.

[@nagikokiyohara]

Thank you Justice in June! Thanks to you I got to grow today through these words.

[@beyondobsession1]

The privilege she cites over and over again in the beginning, is economic privilege. She then labels it halfway through racial privilege. It is not. The "privilege" she refers to is someone's ancestor who worked incredibly hard and sacrificed much in order to gain success and provide a better life for their children. That better life they gave their children, is this woman's idea of what privilege is. There are black billionaires in this world and their children are just as privileged. The only way to correct this in her world, and the world of most liberals, is inevitably taxing the rich down into poverty to make things equal. The poor majority voting away the money of the rich. Which is what Karl Marx said would lead to an end to capitalism. This does not lead to a better world. She then goes on and offers that white privilege and male privilege exists, yet has no facts or statistics to back it up. Because she knows they don't. Only the manipulated statistics which intentionally leave out data in order for the statistics to match their narrative is what she could cite. Which is slowly becoming more common knowledge that this is what the left is doing and has been doing for a long time. She then cites these "instances" of what this one man said this one time, according to her, to back up her claims. The whole crowd and all the people watching this going along with what she asserts are nothing more than the useful idiots just sitting in the palm of her hand. She is nothing more than playing the "nice old granny" routine while putting out this garbage propaganda about "well that isn't nice...". Nothing more. I wish liberals would start thinking more for themselves and stop letting the left and people like this woman tell them what their opinion on something should be. She stated "My privilege which I had because I was white...". No. The privilege you had because you were born into money, because your parents worked hard to give you a better life and you were not only ungrateful for it, you despise it.

[@dietersachs9468]

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[@Giantstalking]

You should actually read her most famous work before you make a long winded pointless comment. You are only acknowledging racism as an exact act and privilege as economic. You have not even bothered to try and see the viewpoint. We are thinking for ourselves and actually critically thinking and caring for other people. We don't just only give a shit about ourselves or money.

[@Rikmatchek]

Scott S by caring for others you mean "asserting that they have some invisible sin that they need your program to overcome"? Because thats what she said in the video. Shes a racist who looks down on blacks and only the program she downloaded keeps it in check.

[@Giantstalking]

They don't need white people's help to overcome. Though being someone who supports and wishes to see these systems of privilege removed I would like to help do it. I think you're making quite a large stretch as she does not really have a "program" other than teaching people about systems of privilege in society. If you can't acknowledge these systems you can't help fight them. Being blinded by your own privileges and biases helps no one. Though this talk is definitely not her best work and seems to ramble a bit.

[@MsShaw-uv8vy]

Hey pot. Aren’t you saying the same thing wealthy republicans say? You haven’t said anything we new. Just your opinion.

[@showyourspark]

Thank you for guiding me here Justice in June! We have so much to learn.

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

Crowder crushed this old comic-sans biddy

[@LuisMendoza-pp9qi]

I feel that when people talk about privilege.... is just an excuse to justify their shortcomings.. Ask yourself: how many hours did you study for a test? have you skip class?? Do you use drugs a lot? Have you ever break the law? steal? If you work would you make sure your product/service is the best and work extra time for it?? Maybe saying privilege is just making excuses for your mistakes.

[@lullah85]

I am confused, what do you actually mean by your comment?

[@taunyamcdonald3346]

What about ALL those who can answer "NO" to your questions. Your comment is the essence of the fraud of meritocracy?

[@AbsalomMelchizedek]

History reveals that all privilege in "America" for the past 500+ years stems from a deeply rooted eurocentric world view and the colonization, and dominance, over all indigenous life. So called Democracy is the alibi for corporate extractivist pathology, genocide, and the displacement of the lands original culture which has never been against US law. This apartheid serves as the foundation upon which this country was created and stands today, this is the "law of the land". It's practice and performance is a privilege masking colonial control over indigenous lands.

[@AbsalomMelchizedek]

Rhyme Jones Not at all. The one sided view is what you're already living in. Anti-colonialism is not the same thing as pro-decolonization. You cannot look through the lens of decolonization and not be confronted by your own hypocrisy. Everything you relate to and identify with, all these words you're reading now. Is all fiction. Codified fiction of law... and they are set on holding to it because if the revelation that the entire thing is all based on fraud this entire thing would completely jump the track. ALL PROPERTY RIGHTS on what you call North America hinge squarely on the Doctrine of Discovery. The Marshall Trilogy makes this very clear. And this is anything but a one sided story when your own identity is on the line. decolonization.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/the-colonialism-that-is-settled-and-the-colonialism-that-never-happened/

[@_monti142]

no

[@10bouvier]

Watching this at 480p is a deal buster.....

[@welllsaiddddd]

this hack is laughable

[@jccusell]

You are not a victim. You are strong. Have faith in yourself. Don't let yourself be lead down this road of fear, jealousy and self-pity. Let your fear help you find your bravery, the hate towards you your compassion, let weakness hone your strength, pain your resilience.

[@yota5208]

Her essay about white priviledge was when she was a college student. It was a personal essay that is not legitimate in anyway

[@alannah8891]

Justice in June brought me here :)

[@drewpinnell9444]

no one gives a damn that justce in june brought u here just watch and appreciate the video

[@lizzydoescomedy]

Justice In June brought me here too - thank you Autumn & Bryanna

[@luckywitch13]

absolutely true

[@gisselleloveskoalas8279]

Everyone is beautiful

[@SimplyNikki1982]

Thank you Peggy. Justice in June led me here.

[@mahmoodomid3705]

"Disapproving of the systems won’t be enough to change them. I was taught to think that racism could end if white individuals hanged their attitudes. [But] a “white” skin in the United States opens many doors for whites whether or not we approve of the way dominance has been conferred on us. Individual acts can palliate, but cannot end, these problems."

[@JohnG-tv3gc]

This woman should be in jail. It's the only justice worth talking about here.

[@chuckrose3092]

Got here through Justice in June - good stuff.

[@Rindfleisch1298]

Nobody talks about “Chinese privilege” in China. Nobody talks about “Japanese privilege” in Japan. No one says Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Africans, etc, should fight the “privilege” of their own race in government and private sectors in their own countries. “Anti-racists” only combat this kind of “privilege” in White nations & ONLY White nations. They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-White. Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White

[@karahollingsworth3488]

there's actually a big problem in China with the Han majority Nigeria struggles with majority Christians/Muslims (legit civil war) there's a lot of struggle in India between regions and even against people with darker skin Japan historically struggles with discrimination against minorities and now foreigners but I'll let you keep thinking you know everything ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@bboystance1670]

One can only play the victim where people who looked like them were oppressed! I doubt that Chinese people can pull the racism card on other Asians or that Blacks can pull the racism card on other Blacks!

[@chelsey7312]

Please tell me you've improved yourself in the last 6 years.

[@nathanreed8815]

Awful set of ideas. Hugely divisive and pernicious. And that paper has 0 academic credibility.

[@Barkingdog1978]

What are your credentials

[@wrightway65]

Sad to see all the hate on her :'(

[@lukeb8045]

+Ricky Wright Mostly though the negative comments stem from simply disagreeing with her ideas on a very basic level.

[@lukeb8045]

Mike Swivel Just out of curiosity, what is your IQ? You seem to make a big deal out of it.

[@wrightway65]

Luke B he's gone now

[@mikeswivel1291]

peggy is so dumb white privilige is cuz whites are best looking and have high iq .. duh

[@hikingor4987]

The hate stems from this liberal nutcase feeding lies to the public so she can feel she's on the bandwagon. In this case anti-white bandwagon. She is making money selling out her people under the false pretense they are born with a privilege above other ethnic groups. That is the very definition of racism, even if twisted into some fake sympathy.

[@splabbity]

"Understanding, empathy and compassion! Nooooooo..." -Closet fascists

[@barndaze420]

Thank you.

[@tovsteh]

"Censorship! Pro cancel-culture! Pro-outrage mob! Anti-male rhetoric! Anti-white rhetoric! Anti-west rhetoric! Hate everyone that don't 100% agree with us!!" - Fascists calling themselves anti-fascists. Yes, that's YOU.The irony of you talking about empathy, understanding and compassion when you literally show *NONE* of those virtues to those who may not see the world the way you do. You "progressives" are some of the biggest fascist hypocrites I have ever met in my life. And it ain't going to get you laid either soy boy.

[@splabbity]

toasteh You clearly don't know what fascism is and obediently echo the phrases of your influences instead of having thoughts of your own.

[@seanjohn864]

I agree wit her a hundred percent

[@janettejack7721]

What complete non sense...

[@eurydicedancer9482]

Super good! Just what we need for understanding and explaining what white allyship can be 💯

[@joagnostic114]

Christ, this was painful... I didn't make it through 5 minutes...

[@beesollom-yp1pp]

4/20/18 JO AGNOSTIC LOVED THE THE COMMENT ===I HOWLED FOR 20 MINS

[@MisconceivedPancit]

I'm a victim of privileged abuse, though I found the presentation fulfilling.

[@5johnsneed7]

The more I listened, the more I am convinced she does not know what she is talking about.

[@pamelaeishooi2079]

This video has the worst quality and why is it so dark? Usually Ted Talks even Tedx Talks are very high quality

[@gracie20]

Think it’s because it’s 7 years old

[@user-nx1vv9jf1z]

The atrocities this woman must have taken part in surly must be burdensome. None the less, she needs to come to terms with what she has done. She puts us all in danger with her insidious rhetoric.

[@wendybrandau7711]

Completely agree. The guilt and shame is seething out of her

[@allanhundeby1675]

@@wendybrandau7711 Nope. Listen again.

[@TheSonicSegaNerd]

"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Anti-White Sentiments"

[@HavingAGreenDay]

Totally. Peggy actually looks like a nice woman, but I don't think she grasps that she's inciting hatred towards her own race.

[@allanhundeby1675]

Nope.

[@urmomsh0use]

If speaking truth is equated to inciting hatred, then it's all the more important to speak. Sometimes the truth isn't always convenient. Get over it

[@sergeis.5171]

Is any of this even remotely verifiable/falsifiable? Because it sounds like a load of borderline scientological baloney. Am I colonized by the Thetans?

[@RealityisaComedy]

Oh gosh.....thankfully she is older and won't be around much longer to keep spreading all this division.

[@midnightshade32]

Problem is her and others like her indoctrinated enough millennials to form a cult of sjw. They are all over campuses as they kicked out anyone with a conservative, centrist, classical liberal, libertarian, or traditional cultural bent.

[@bboystance1670]

@@midnightshade32 That's pretty accurate!

[@spankmedaddytrump5612]

Based

[@rothbardfreedom]

"A personal account" hjahhahahahhahahahahahahahhaha

[@bboystance1670]

No facts, all anecdotal! Rich White female who was given a career complaining about male privilege! Her and Taylor Swift are essentially indistinguishable!

[@FrecklesLunaLover]

BBOY STANCE read her articles. She is extremely smart and thoughtful.

[@MrEfonta]

just *

[@qonf]

I can't believe this person; Telling storries about the "nice men" who she was working with, while strawmaning them. Complete lack of understanding and/or honesty!

[@mangoyacho]

Thank you for your insight - your message is so poignant during these times of transition.

[@mangoyacho]

@@IndividualThoughtPatterns Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

[@richardbiggs5212]

Strangely absent is any talk of class privilege, or perhaps not as Peggy (real name Elizabeth Vance Means) comes from wealth most cannot imagine. A quick google of peggy and 'Bells Lab/harvard' is suggested.

[@71madbrad]

Mkultra acid is my guess, always tried to figure out why my own hippie mother and uncles were trying to coddle and feed the people who would try with varied success to steal my milk money on the way to school or the grocery store. Still haven't quite got a clear understanding of that mentality.

[@tasha80mgr]

Wow, powerful truth

[@rebeccamayen2192]

"Justice in June" by Bryanna and Autumn brought me here. It is important to know what is good for you and the society.

[@chrisguetter9850]

And you see why we a large revamp of what we need in current government... no one with ANYONE OF THIS THINKING!!! AT ALL!

[@davidgilman1346]

Justice in June!

[@Geritopia]

There's some revelatory info here but there's a lot of grafting of circumstantial semantics onto building an award-winning social construct. Unfortunately, empowerment here requires reduction or marginalizing another group: Its all about people as widgets (completely blind byproducts of environment and class) to serve the ambitions of a grand political theory. Ersatz "bourgeois and proletariat" strategy... that always gets the steam going. So, therefor, beingness itself becomes inescapably ensnared as race-centered. That if you're white, you're never alienated by your environment (idiotic), because everything is granted "as is". I guess the daughter of wealthy white parents who douses herself in gasoline and set herself on fire in her parent's driveway had no reason to feel her own pain because, by proxy, she was a privileged white girl (true story). Meanwhile, look at life just 200 years ago. Life was shorter and a lot more dangerous. Men had the edge because life entailed a lot more hefting and physical labor. Things are always less fair, when the threshold for survival might entail brutality and combat. So you wake up in this century and you see echos of that inequity but through a lens of "privilege". But, then again, we ALL have a lot more advantages now. Then you go to college. But somehow you feel guilty for having the time and grant money to ruminate, classify and documents such things. So you turn your guilty good fortune on its head and self-flagellate, and you're redeemed as a wonderful person. That seems to be taking a lot for granted. Yes, we need to open doors and offer all the opportunities that we can. But corralling and classifying those with some advantage and neutering them as relics is about as socially retrograde as it gets. People will use that to separate and accuse based on cataloging. There will be no diverse society. There will be a never-ending tide of "justice" for "sins of the fathers" (justice being a place-holder for those actually on the radical side); capable of becoming fascists for "justice". We've seen this before and it ends badly.

[@uncledrew7633]

Mind Blown 🤯 🤯🤯 all facts

[@juliawhitmore3991]

Gotta keep reminding myself that my bank account is full and will keep filling up so I have energy to use every day for the rest of my life. (Also Justice in June brought me here everyone else is commenting this so might as well lmao)

[@vickimarie7650]

Dear Dr. McIntosh, thank you for leading the way and educating educators about unearned privileges. I've included unlearning racism topics and subtopics in the Intercultural Communication course since the mid-90's. I recently added Climate Inequity/ Environmental Racism into my course and to my personal social justice work. Hundreds of educators who teach unlearning racism is the legacy of your seminal essay, Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Thank you, Vicki Marie Professor of Communication Studies

[@tonyvillani4614]

you people have lost the Plot. Universities are teaching students to be Victims ,- and that should be stopped.