White woman pretends to be black for prestige

[derspiess]

This is not some attempt to benefit from white guilt but fullbown madness.

It's both.

[Malthus]

Typically with pathological liars, getting attention is more important than tangible benefits. This case fits the pattern: she got positions that offered her lots of attention.

[Ideologue]

You have to admit we've made a lot of progress on race when privileged white girls are pretending to be black for the benefits. 

Yep, victim status gets you some bennies these days.

I think there's maybe some truth to that, but it helps if one sticks to social context dwhere it is a benefit, which are small protective niches that the vast majority of black folk, women, etc. do not spend all (sometimes any) of their lives in.

People who crassly benefit from "victim culture" are, I'd expect, pretty rare.  And white dudes have a tendency to focus on those rare cases while enjoying benefits that remain invisible to them unless they're looking closely.  (It doesn't help that the most pervasive "privilege" is usually simply fair and decent treatment by authority figures, rather than out and out favoritism, which makes it more invisible since we'd hope everyone to get that.)

[derspiess]

Oh yeah, invisible racism.  Forgot about that.

[garbon]

People who crassly benefit from "victim culture" are, I'd expect, pretty rare. And white dudes have a tendency to focus on those rare cases while enjoying benefits that remain invisible to them unless they're looking closely. 

Nah, you must be joking, bro.

[Ideologue]

People who crassly benefit from "victim culture" are, I'd expect, pretty rare. And white dudes have a tendency to focus on those rare cases while enjoying benefits that remain invisible to them unless they're looking closely. 

Nah, you must be joking, bro.

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[Valmy]

(It doesn't help that the most pervasive "privilege" is usually simply fair and decent treatment by authority figures, rather than out and out favoritism, which makes it more invisible since we'd hope everyone to get that.)

Yep. "Privilege" is not really much of a privilege but rather what everybody should have. Which is why I find it funny when it is described as 'unearned privilege!!111'

Um do you really have to earn being treated decently and fairly?

[Valmy]

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Whenever garbon uses the word 'bro' you can assume he is being ironic.

[garbon]

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Whenever garbon uses the word 'bro' you can assume he is being ironic.

Thank you.

Also, I like that d was able to take a story about a crazy white girl and turn it into "looking at all that money minorities be hogging up y'all".

[Malthus]

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Whenever garbon uses the word 'bro' you can assume he is being ironic.

Thank you.

Also, I like that d was able to take a story about a crazy white girl and turn it into "looking at all that money minorities be hogging up y'all".

Whites really are superior - minorities can't even corner the market on hogging minority benefits. 

[garbon]

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Whenever garbon uses the word 'bro' you can assume he is being ironic.

Thank you.

Also, I like that d was able to take a story about a crazy white girl and turn it into "looking at all that money minorities be hogging up y'all".

Whites really are superior - minorities can't even corner the market on hogging minority benefits. 

[garbon]

Um do you really have to earn being treated decently and fairly?

Sadly survey says yes.

[derspiess]

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Whenever garbon uses the word 'bro' you can assume he is being ironic.

Thank you.

Also, I like that d was able to take a story about a crazy white girl and turn it into "looking at all that money minorities be hogging up y'all".

[garbon]

Exactly, that's how I feel.

[Razgovory]

Huh.  I'm a bit surprised by the reaction to this, particularly in the light of the recent discussions of transexuality.