Where is the White Privilege?

[@arthurcheater3359]

White Privilege is an ambiguous term on purpose. You can't defend what isn't defined, and that's the point. You can make all the assumptions you want

[@JakeC-xx8zq]

That's their strategy. Like 'unconscious bias'. There's literally no defense against it by definition.

[@mikenym84]

I wish I had this guy as a professor when I was in college. These lectures are always thought provoking and put the narrative to task

[@pwesley5854]

This man is a master educator. He teaches facts not opinion.

[@erikkovacs3097]

Ripe for a canceling.

[@mitchell8273]

I think more so he's teaching them how to question and to think critically. Everyone has facts; liberals have facts, conservatives have facts. It's just those facts are skewed by personal biases. People generally pick the facts that support their position. But being able to question and think critically about those facts instead of accepting them blindly is what is lacking in today's society.

[@SpatialandTemporal]

“The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'” - Dr Thomas Sowell

[@SuperiorlySubversive]

the word racism and racist were invented to control people by deflecting them from the actual god made nothing you can do about it just the way life came to be truth. You can control people with lies, but the truth sets you free.

[@nobody8717]

had the "privilege" of paying full-price for my college tuition. it's so relaxing doing so as a straight white man, he said sarcastically.

[@kevinmezentsev1911]

Imagine telling a white skinned man such as myself that I'm privileged. I happen to be a first generation immigrant from the Soviet union. My family came here with nothing. During my first days of school, I knew nothing about the language or culture. But in about 2-3 years, I was reading better then most in my class. The teachers never sprinkled some special superpower fairy dust because of my skin to succeed (unless I missed out on that secret ritual). And to add insult to injury, I wasn't eligible for a few scholarships because of my skin. Instead it went to minorities, some of whom were actually born here and were already aware of the language and culture.

[@stargazer2504]

Agree. Sadly, the argument you'd get from the left is "Well if you weren't white, you'd be in jail, or shot by cops, etc... so that's how you're able to tell us your story and *that's* privilege..."

[@Mcedees24]

You fled oppression, black people and native Americans endured oppression. That’s a privilege. You see it as a benefit coming to this country. Being black, I can’t.

[@stargazer2504]

@@Mcedees24 Of course you can't. You will never see it. There are plenty of opportunities afforded to you but you REFUSE to see them so you can be a "victim". You could marry a Billionaire black man and still feel "oppressed" because you should have two billion dollars instead of one.

[@kevinmezentsev1911]

@Mcedees24 but you didn't endure slavery. My family endured communism, and also not having the privileged of even of being acquainted with the language and culture in America. You started with a leg up, I didn't. Lol

[@citizencj3389]

@@kevinmezentsev1911 You kidding me? My black relatives endured slavery. There were 7 times more blacks killed during the slavery era than There were Jews during the holocaust. Black people has faced more bloody oppression in America than any other race in modern history. And yes white privilege does exist. It exist in this video. And the white privilege is asking inexperienced students what the word is and if it exists.

[@rztrzt]

India has a caste system that determines your level of privilege.

[@jimbusmaximus4624]

I think it has more to do with class than color. Green is the color of privilege.

[@bevs9995]

and all that paper is fake lol

[@stikupartist3698]

And white people are usually more well off than poc.

[@yn7751]

@@timmattle4730 Assets over $500k is pretty wealthy

[@katana1960]

Indians outside of India will never talk about the cast system, probably because the ones that left are in the higher cast and want to avoid the subject.

[@virtyaluk]

So true.

[@kwolf2145]

What does the caste system in India entail since discrimation based on caste is illegal in India?. Also this doesn't change the issues of white priviledge in the U.S where racism is a normal thing and minorities are discriminated against in different ways. Also on the interent there is so many examples of people from the U.S making racist comments.

[@licentiaplaythrough7663]

Money privilege talks skin colour walks

[@poissonpuerile8897]

That's called "class privilege", by the way.

[@poissonpuerile8897]

Great question. I've yet to see a single empirical study of "white privilege", despite the fact that it should be trivially easy to quantify if it indeed exists.

[@debblouin]

I have so much respect for the professor and the students that allow themselves to be put on the spot. The graciousness with which the professor treats the students is truly the hallmark of a teacher. I am 55 years old, a college graduate and business owner. I most definitely am smarter than a 19yo college student. BUT I have not lived with the messaging from parents and close culture Lena has. I cannot presume what her experience has been. But neither should she or anyone presume mine. When the prof said historically yes white privilege I choked a bit. It’s dominant culture-go to any other nation and it’s the same. The difference in America is that there has been an ethos of melting and blending that tells the lie of privilege. Also in my opinion Privileges must be exercised to be meaningful.

[@xlol2429]

@@debblouin kk boomer anything else? said a whole lot of nothing get off KZbin you old fart

[@wesjones1417]

I've seen him in other videos ask that question. As he did touch on here about going to India. From what I have seen of him, I would suspect what he means by "white privilege" existing is the generational privileges of wealthy white families...as he has brought up many times in other classes, the lack of this among poor white Americans. I have to suspect he is speaking this way as a means of extending an olive branch to students, to help open their eyes to the fact that things aren't black and white, and that the world isn't structured in some power dynamics of "oppressor" vs "oppressed" their critical pedagogy teachers before him taught them it was.

[@M0rganKane]

Very cool socratic approach to a lecture. In this episode, I wish Richards would have given some sociological answers to what white privilege can be, especially because we have such an overwhelming amount of examples based on scientific data; household wealth and income, chances of being arrested when committing crimes, sentencing, callbacks for job interviews, etc.

[@duderino6171]

"where is the white privilege?" "Is it in the room with us now?"

[@stikupartist3698]

@@duderino6171 you've always had it.

[@bobjohnson270]

@@stikupartist3698 so what is it? in todays society what privileges do white people have that others don't?

[@vidgod3932]

This was very enlightening

[@ucanon2662]

Why is my comment being censored, when I make a comment: if there is White Privilege, there must be Black Privilege

[@bevs9995]

not necessarily diametrically opposed like that; besides, the real privileged classes, when analyzed by wealth and over-representation, tend to be tan and sallow.

[@wesjones1417]

@@bevs9995 It must indeed. Unless there is total privilege for one, and total oppression for the other, then to label any such difference that can give one even an inch of help as a privilege would require there to be both. Thus, if being accepted into higher positions is a sign of "white privilege", then by definition, Affirmative Action, granting higher acceptance rates to black people, would necessarily have to be defined as black privilege. Indeed, you are correct, the real privilege is in opportunities, which wealth provides. That's why we should focus on teaching our kids how to increase those opportunities for all, so that poor people have the same ability to create wealth for themselves. Problem is, doing so would mean taking away their dependence on the state....so it's not likely that the state will ever be incentivized to teach them that.

[@bevs9995]

@@wesjones1417 Affirmative Action is just Forced-Representation; AAs still end up making less money than their classmates and peers even after graduating from Ivy League

[@CalebAyrania]

Its almost as if all these "priviledges" are invented to not talk about the real issue CLASS and WEALTH!

[@ncascadehiker]

If this prof is trying to undo the ideological programming kids received from public schools, then good!

[@mikeb.1705]

IMO, "white privilege" is not thinking that everything bad that happens to you is because of your skin color. i.e. when something bad happens to me, or if I'm mistreated by someone, I don't automatically think that it's because of my skin color.

[@sleeperyjeemtoybox]

Always thought that class privilege is the modern malaise.

[@jaydouglas1090]

To the computer engineering student, what engineering program are you referring to being mostly white? My engineering class was mostly Asian, Indian and black. I was one of the handful of white students. Almost all of the Asian and Indian students at my school were sent here to study by their countries. The majority was Indian, then Asian, then black barely above white.

[@TheAbsoluteSir]

I'm thinking it definitely depends on where you go to school and you'll have to do an analysis of all colleges and their racial makeup in their computer science programs to get a true average. I have a CS degree and while it had more asians than other degrees, it still is predominantly white. I went to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and it's a very diverse school.

[@Razear]

The guy arguing about whites disproportionately occupying the C-suite is presuming that white executives only got their position by virtue of their skin color. Incredibly lazy, unidimensional take, unless he's also prepared to argue that these corporations all run on nepotism. Why is the prof infantilizing the 19-year-old student as though she's incapable of formulating a response solely because of her age? If she is old enough to vote in elections that impact the operation of the country, why shouldn't she have the capacity to answer difficult questions? What the Indian girl is alluding to is class privilege, which is what all Americans enjoy regardless of their SES.

[@wesjones1417]

He's not. He's taking the pressure off of having a room full of people watching you, and millions more online, when you're being asked questions on topics you should have been taught to think on in school prior, but weren't. He isn't the one infantilizing her, our education system is the one failing to educate her beyond an elementary level of understanding. And making it okay to not have the answers opens the mind to think and express those thoughts incompletely, in order to uncover the reasoning behind your views. It's what leads thought to grow.

[@spaciouscake]

Your comment makes you seem very young. If you were at least 30, you would understand how little life experience a 19 year old actually has.

[@Razear]

@@spaciouscake I'm 31 and don't dispute the level of naivety that the average person at 19 has. But I fail to see how that addresses my point in any way. College students can elect politicians to send the country to war, but we somehow can't expect them to provide a coherent response to a question when prompted? How do you square that?

[@gnuemacs1166]

Millions of Indians imported into America

[@paulie1100xx]

Ever notice how bi or multiracial people identify or call themselves black or brown? I think if people would embrace their full ethnicity, it could go a long way to breaking down barriers

[@gabeo9474]

Friendly reminder: your comments are being silenced and you don't even know it

[@bevs9995]

there are still conversations being had elsewhere . holler at me

[@ClarenceJBoddicker1987]

Beyond what itube already deleetes?

[@SOC119]

No they aren't :) At least, not from our end. Just follow the ToS, bro.

[@kreativwiebetonblock1327]

@@SOC119 Yeah, blame the people that get silenced...

[@bevs9995]

@@ClarenceJBoddicker1987 have an issue with mutube then we can just move

[@Havre_Chithra]

This was so expertly navigated 😮

[@brianthebrickbuilder6895]

Simple colors are for simple minds.

[@pallokko]

In communities/regions where there are vitualy NO people of color, also happen to be some of the poorest regions in the US (e.g. Appalachia, rural New England, especially Maine). You still have other prejudiced holdovers, like French-Canadian Catholics being considered the lower class people. Race flows downstream from class.

[@GeneralFactCheck]

"And you're not smarter than her" Somebody please show this professor the IQ averages by race as well as the DEI handouts used for people like her at his university. Almost everybody watching this is objectively smarter than her, by alot.

[@jasons4425]

Hard question to answer - when did white privilege come to the mainstream recently ? 2016 ish?

[@StoicGore]

Well if she made it into college based on affirmative action while I made it on merit I am smarter than her 😂

[@navinadv]

Does affirmative action imply black/brown privilege?

[@E55666]

​@@navinadvYes

[@navinadv]

@@E55666 so why does affirmative action exist? Does it really help level the playing field? Is affirmative action based solely on race or is it based on economic conditions? How do you create a space where equal opportunity exists without affirmative action?

[@E55666]

@@navinadv The viewpoints that led to affirmative action were simply those that were of people pretending it's still the early 20th century. Those of color, religion, and sex are all treated equally now, but affirmative action acts as if that isn't so and tries to give those groups an advantage. In doing so, an unfair one was given.

[@sobreaver]

Privileges and discrimination are two different things. Privileges are not the same for everyone. Discrimination is the same for everyone, no one should be discriminated for the exact same things; not for your sex, religion or race. That's it, we are all fighting for the exact same thing. Wealth is not equal everywhere, don't be jealous. But some problem needs to be dealt with, sure. Some people needs help, sure. Do something about it, but don't over simplify your confusion and make everyone else pay for it.

[@ianwilson4841]

Id love to see him on the view having Sonny Huston lecture him on how white people have privilege, and how racist America is towards black and brown people.

[@wesjones1417]

Sonny would never let him on, nor speak. Racists like her can't let open minded discussion occur, else it brings down her fairy tale house of cards.

[@AS-fn3jl]

It's really Money privilege, Higher IQ privilege, strong social cohesion (high trust) privilege, and a bunch of other socioeconomic factors. BUT those are not as catchy as WHITE privilege isn't it. I as a Chinese born immigrant to the States don't believe skin color privilege, it's at most a proxy for money and high trust privilege.

[@JAMs6504]

Attractive privilege is way more prevalent lol

[@stevesedio1656]

Pretty privilege.

[@iand654456]

I just noticed but if you do an overlay of red vs blue states a whole lot of states with a low percentage of white people are conservative 😂

[@karagi101]

Can we just deal with people based on their character instead of all these superficial traits like skin color? Isn’t this what Martin Luther King dreamed for the country?

[@jonipilaske9841]

She couldn’t give examples of privilege and said it was something she was TAUGHT at home. Sad.

[@Alex-nh7cl]

I find racial privilege and class privilege are often conflated with each other, and it’s important to understand the differences between the two. It’s also important to note that class and race used to be intertwined with each other in America, but that isn’t necessarily the case any longer.

[@brianloughnane781]

What I find remarkable is that his teeny weeny microphone is as good, if not better, than the big microphone that gets handed around.

[@mightisright]

It's his white privilege.

[@gnuemacs1166]

Indian privilege

[@euphegenia]

Severe brain rot

[@kronk2294]

He’s a good educator, but I also wish we didn’t have to treat our college students like fucking children. It’s pathetic, and we’re setting our expectations way too low.

[@mightisright]

These are customers, not students.