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In reply to the discussion: Tackling Asian Privilege [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Just pointing out that it's apparently OK to quote long term right wingers here on the DU, as long as they happen to say something we want to hear.
Sullivan has been a right winger for a long time, I hardly ever read him and yet I'm well aware of his history in this regard, his enthusiastic support for the Bell Curve should put him beyond the pale on DU if we were actually consistent but it doesn't because we aren't.
I still find it telling that the ones who are most vocal regarding white privilege are seldom likely to show up in any threads about the privilege of wealth (virtually all white in the USA).
A lot of this seems to be based on a desire to make poor whites feel even bigger losers than they already do.. "See, you played life on the ~easy~ setting and you failed even that despite all your white privilege." The more I read these threads the more convinced I become that's at least part of the agenda driving the conversation.
Everyone likes to have someone to look down upon and in America you can't really look down on a wealthy person so poor whites have to be the scapegoats for the ultra-wealthy. After all, the ultra-wealthy managed to succeed with their privilege.