I always wanted to ask why black people are so in denial about their black privilege

I always wanted to ask why Crystal Magnum was quickly forgotten by the media when it was revealed that she LIED about the Duke Lacrosse rape case. Had she been a white woman lying about being raped by black men we know how that would’ve turned out, but who cares about a bunch of “privileged” Ivy League white boys anyways? They aren’t human

I always wanted to ask why Lionel MacIntyre of Columbia University wasn’t charged with a racially-motivated hate crime when he assaulted a white female co-worker at a bar over an argument about “white privilege”. He only got a few days of community service.

I always wanted to ask why African Americans will form massive protest rallies at the drop of a hat when a young black man is killed by a non-black person(Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant) while not holding similar rallies when any number of young black men are murdered every year by other young black men.

I suppose I can’t expect answers to these questions, because that would require black people to step outside their beloved identity of victimhood and start cleaning house.

Black victimhood=privilege. Don’t try to deny it. Victimhood is a racket.

I think that as humans we put so much thought into this which is creating more of a split between us, I have been reading some comments “like white people have everything handed to them” thats like if I would say “all black people live in the ghetto” which I know is not true, we are all hurting ourselfs by thinking one race has it better then the other and so forth, there are white people who live in sketchy areas, as there are some black people that live rich. It shouldnt matter what color you are it should just matter about your character. Until we can all get off the they have it better band wagon or Im better then them we will always have violence and hate. I see it that we are all playing this game called life and if we dont join together then we are in deep deep crap, but I mean that is our main problem already theres too much hate and people thinking they deserve everything. So I guess my main thing is no I normally dont think about white people being privilaged or about the difference between black and white poeple the only difference I see is the darkness of skin, everyone should just judge people on their character and not what or what they dont have.

What is always intriguing (and only for the deeply astute) is how easily ‘conversations’ like this one employ exemplify white privilege. To pose this question and see that the first responses come from white women reinforces whose voice carries more weight and warrants more value. Furthermore the ‘progressive parents’ mantra and the default to Jewishness as an entry into ‘disenfranchisement’ are stock, banal, and oh so predictable.

The deeper question is what is it like to be white while watching whiteness annihilate everything including and especially white folks (white women get an extra beat down from whiteness because of their proximity to the oppressor and distributor of oppressive behaviors) and then turn and think recognition of white privilege is a destination worthy of accolades. That recognition is only a very miniscule beginning of the ever convulsing complexity of white racialized identity. Game on!