General Discussion

REP

(21,691 posts)

6. Life is an unending hard grind when you're poor.

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 07:11 PM

Jul 2016

Being poor and black makes it even worse.

When I was poor and drove an old and crappy (but legal) car, I'd get pulled over for nothing, including once for having a messy car. If I'd been poor, driving a properly registered and insured old car, and black, there's a good chance I would've been arrested and/or fined. I'm sure my whiteness spared me more than inconvenience.

'Privilege,' as some discussions have raised, may not be the best word but I think we all know what is meant, just like we all know "transphobia" doesn't mean "fear of change." Whatever is difficult in my life as a disabled white woman would be even worse if I were a disabled Black woman. It takes nothing from me to acknowledge this.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

15 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

White privilege is real. Problem is a lot of poor whites will never [View all] arely staircase Jul 2016 OP

In my all white area, certain white people get pulled over a lot more than others. Throd Jul 2016 #1

Wealth privilege is also a big thing in this country gollygee Jul 2016 #2

I get that. You get it. But frankly its all a bit too undergrad sociology class arely staircase Jul 2016 #3

That doesn't make it less true. gollygee Jul 2016 #4

I.didnt say it shouldn't be discussed. It should and I know it is real. arely staircase Jul 2016 #5

Life is an unending hard grind when you're poor. REP Jul 2016 #6

It is right for you to acknowlegde your own privilege. arely staircase Jul 2016 #9

I hate white privilege. bdwker Jul 2016 #7

Me too. Problem is that it often manifests itself in a lack of arely staircase Jul 2016 #8

Especially if those people *have* had their kid shot by the cops melman Jul 2016 #15

This is true WestCoastLib Jul 2016 #10

Not a good year for reality nt arely staircase Jul 2016 #11

probably no coincidence that's it the year of commercial VR WestCoastLib Jul 2016 #12

Being generally poor and white when younger, I had my share of problems bhikkhu Jul 2016 #13

lol. nt arely staircase Jul 2016 #14