okay, for the millionth time, white people are NOT oppressed.

[Stop_the_War]

ARRRRRRGH!

[mark414]

1. come here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=258x1231

you will be among friends

[merwin]

2. Well, the claim could be made that * is opressing the poor, white or for

that matter, all races.

[AlCzervik]

16. yes thats true--good point.

[ultraist]

27. Yes, classism exists. Try being black AND poor.

24% of blacks in poverty
8% of whites in poverty

Seems to me, that the USCB stats show that poor blacks are hit harder. They are hit with classim and racism. 3X the percentage.

If you don't believe that they are hit harder (hit with two forms of oppression) PLEASE explain the why there are a disproportionately high percentage of blacks in poverty.

We cannot address and work towards solving a problem if we do not acknowledge a problem exists.

[Darranar]

3. How wrong you are!

Haven't you seen the statistics? Don't you know that the minority white population has higher poverty rates, lower income rates, worse jobs, worse housing, worse education, than average?

Oh, wait....

[JanMichael]

4. You're having difficulty with the semantics aren't you?

At least if you're posting this because of my thread.

Economic Classes (Which are disproportionally who?) ARE oppressed and it's done with all sorts of methods.

One being divisive language that pits one Economically Oppressed Class against another Economically and Racially Oppressed Class of people.

[mark414]

8. you must've missed all the other threads...

there has been an onslaught of threads in the last week or two filled with white people crying oppression and reverse discrimination...

you can find the details in the african-american issues discussion group...

edited to include the link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=258

[DrWeird]

5. A black kid was eyeballin' my daughter today.

Should I be upset?

[mark414]

7. call the cops

and remember to send your daughter to bob jones u where she can receive a proper education

[Sterling]

9. It depends, how old is she?

If shes in pre school I might get worried. How old was the black kid?

If you hate black people maybe you should worry. Best not to act too upset if that is the case though, your daughter will probably only be more attracted to blacks just to upset you. That is usually how it works.

Why can't we all just get a long?

[mark414]

12. uhhh...

he's joking

[donheld]

20. I was eye-ballin a black man today

who gets to be upset?

[ultraist]

24. BWHAHAHAH!!!

I told my black son to beat the shit out of the white bully kid at the bus stop, do you think he will get in trouble for this?

[Sterling]

6. Some are, some are not.

You don't really want to go there do you?

[DaCheat]

10. Maybe

You would be willing to assume that people are ALL different, and that white people are not one single person. Maybe you could open your mind to the fact that we are all different people, that may have experienced bias on any part. All white people are not rich, educated, or sophisticaed. Maybe if you can wrap your head around that, then society could progress an inch to integration.

[mark414]

11. yes, we are all different

but as white people we receive benefits and privileges that we don't even realize simply by the virtue of the color of our skin

maybe if YOU can wrap your head around THAT, then we can make some progress

[jeffrey_X]

15. But they don't have to worry about one thing.....

being judged simply by the color of your skin.

[CTLawGuy]

13. agreed

NT

[maveric]

14. Nor are christians!

I get fucking sick of hearing that bullshit.

[donheld]

22. Don't tell any christian they aren't persecuted.

They really get off on playing the martyr. It's one of their biggest goals in life.

[CTLawGuy]

17. wait a minute

you're saying that white WOMEN are not oppressed?

let me go and get the feminists for you, hold on a second.

[superconnected]

28. Right here, who's head would you like me to take off?

[lastknowngood]

18. Wrong!!!! I'm a white male and a lib so I'm oppressed for being

a lib.

[mark414]

19. ha, that's rich

[donheld]

21. These people sound like Rush Limbaugh

Whining about how hard it is being white. Where in the USA are people stopped for "driving While White?" Where is it shoppers are followed endlessly around a store for being white? Who ever heard of a racial quota for white men?

[dsc]

23. There are degrees of oppression

To say no white people are oppressed in this country is just wrong. If you are poor in this country you are oppressed (and a majority of poor people are white). If you are homosexual in this country you are oppressed (and a majority of homosexuals in this country are white). Now are either as oppressed as racial minorities? No. But they are oppressed. Instead of having threads about the comparitive oppression of groups A and B we should be uniting groups A and B against their oppressors.

[QC]

25. Good point.

While we sit around debating all the finer points of oppression, like Scholastic theologians and those angels on the head of a pin, the oppressed are getting screwed five ways from Sunday and the oppressors can act with impunity because their alleged opposition would rather dicker among themselves than put up a real fight.

[Moderator]

26. locking.

This thread seems to be inflammatory, and as stated, repetitive.

Thanks for your consideration.