Zen wrote:That may be true, but that's not the point of the quote. As a white male, I'm not going to start getting stared at by people thinking I may be a terrorist. The same is not true of a middle eastern man. I'm not going to draw the same concern when I walk into a 7-11 that a black teen would. As a white male, I will never know that feeling, at least in the U.S.gthaustex wrote:TAM, I saw this article as well and had similar thoughts. I love this line from the article:
Last time I checked, there were plenty of whites being called out as potential domestic terrorists by DHS, FBI and other alphabet soup agencies for being nothing more than veterans, religious, etc. That is certainly profiling based on association and nothing more.White privilege is knowing that even if the bomber turns out to be white, no one will call for your group to be profiled as terrorists as a result
Most "whites" are not even aware of this "privilege" because they have not seen it.
This is not to say that all places and all people of color or middle-eastern appearance feel this everywhere they go, but it is definitely there.
I am Asian not white, and i never get profiled even after Virgina Tech. the Only time i ever caught stares was when i went to the mall with a white coworker and her 7 year-old half black son