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I didn't want to clutter the other thread, but it seems like a topic people are engaged in.
Regarding white privilege
https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/10/13/10-things-you-should-know-about-white-privilege
https://www.cpt.org/files/Undoing%20Racism%20-%20Understanding%20White%20Privilege%20-%20Kendall.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege
http://people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/jsibbett/readings/White_Privilege.pdf
I haven't found much help from youtube or the mainstream media on this.
Something I think that is worth reading on male privilege and power
https://masculinisation.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/macsculinity-as-homophobia-fear-shame-and-silence-in-the-construction-of-gender-identity-michael-s-kimmel.pdf
For those who argue against such things, the two most common things I hear are
1) Why am I not seeing any of these benefits? I worked hard to get where I am.
2) So if I actually accept this as truth, what then should I do?
For question one,
The kimmel article speaks to this on 217-218 on the powerlessness felt in men. Give it a read. I see it similarly with white privilege.
For question two,
“We need to be clear that there is no such thing as giving up one’s privilege to be
‘outside’ the system. One is always in the system. The only question is whether one is
part of the system in a way that challenges or strengthens the status quo. Privilege is
not something I take and which therefore have the option of not taking. It is something
that society gives me, and unless I change the institutions which give it to me, they will
continue to give it, and I will continue to have it, however noble and equalitarian my
intentions.” - from the Kendall document.
The biggest weakness I've seen in sociology, particularly regarding sex, race, privilege, feminism, gender - is the "what do we do now." Biblical traditionalists have much more direct and straightforward answers to this area, which I know many find compelling. I can tell you I'm still learning on this, so I probably won't have many answers - let alone good ones.
I find a similar overlap with militant atheism and the vacuum that results from the objective meaning that religious worldviews maintain. Mostly in that the most ardent advocates neglect that area and leave a lot of people in said vacuum once they've adequately made their case. However, I think there's more resources towards this end then the above regarding privilege.
Do note that I'm bringing it up only to note similarities with changes in perspective - this thread is not about atheism.
Regarding white privilege
https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/10/13/10-things-you-should-know-about-white-privilege
https://www.cpt.org/files/Undoing%20Racism%20-%20Understanding%20White%20Privilege%20-%20Kendall.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege
http://people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/jsibbett/readings/White_Privilege.pdf
I haven't found much help from youtube or the mainstream media on this.
Something I think that is worth reading on male privilege and power
https://masculinisation.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/macsculinity-as-homophobia-fear-shame-and-silence-in-the-construction-of-gender-identity-michael-s-kimmel.pdf
For those who argue against such things, the two most common things I hear are
1) Why am I not seeing any of these benefits? I worked hard to get where I am.
2) So if I actually accept this as truth, what then should I do?
For question one,
The kimmel article speaks to this on 217-218 on the powerlessness felt in men. Give it a read. I see it similarly with white privilege.
For question two,
“We need to be clear that there is no such thing as giving up one’s privilege to be
‘outside’ the system. One is always in the system. The only question is whether one is
part of the system in a way that challenges or strengthens the status quo. Privilege is
not something I take and which therefore have the option of not taking. It is something
that society gives me, and unless I change the institutions which give it to me, they will
continue to give it, and I will continue to have it, however noble and equalitarian my
intentions.” - from the Kendall document.
The biggest weakness I've seen in sociology, particularly regarding sex, race, privilege, feminism, gender - is the "what do we do now." Biblical traditionalists have much more direct and straightforward answers to this area, which I know many find compelling. I can tell you I'm still learning on this, so I probably won't have many answers - let alone good ones.
I find a similar overlap with militant atheism and the vacuum that results from the objective meaning that religious worldviews maintain. Mostly in that the most ardent advocates neglect that area and leave a lot of people in said vacuum once they've adequately made their case. However, I think there's more resources towards this end then the above regarding privilege.
Do note that I'm bringing it up only to note similarities with changes in perspective - this thread is not about atheism.