alt Hacker NewsI'm not "pointing the finger" at anyone. Part of the problem with pointing out systemic racism and unconscious bias is that white folk are very fragile. They get uncomfortable when you point out very obvious deductions - like hundreds of years of racial injustice not magically disappearing in the late 60s.
I'm not saying that other racism doesn't exist. But I am saying that complaints from white people on account of their whiteness is pathetic at best and willfully ignorant at worst. At the end of the day, white people, which includes me, are advantaged in virtually all areas of modern society.
It would be easy to say that I got where I am based purely on my own skill and intellect. It would also not be true. The zip code I was born in, the schools I went to, and the overall landscape of modern America have an incalculable influence in my success.
I can't help but laugh when people make broad racial statements as they attempt to transcend racism. To wit, "white folk are very fragile"
How much do you think "white privilege" rhetoric resonates with, say, French-speaking Mainers? Who also had the experience of "your name got you scorned from jobs or spit on in school" https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/us/longscorned-in-maine-f...
Humans are racist because humans are tribal. Yes, we should work on improving as a society, but don't be surprised that making broad pejorative racial statements doesn't do it.
This is a far better argument:
> The zip code I was born in, the schools I went to, and the overall landscape of modern America have an incalculable influence in my success.
I would also add to that, "the values, attention, nutrition, and opportunities provided by my parents in my formative years"