Thursday, April 1, 2021

What is white privilege if you are poor?

 Well, have a read. This chap has the galls to explain a poor white guy why he is privileged by his skin. Quite an interesting little mental gymnastics laced with condescension. (Not to mention weird little jumps in logic, but who am I to criticize him, right? I should just check my privilege.)


I guess this is how you get the race war going... you, as a privileged, rich guy explaining away to a poor person why he is privileged over, let's say, a black lawyer who makes more money than his whole extended family combined. (Perhaps it is April fool's day? It did feel really surreal reading the article.)

What is wrong with Rings of Power and the criticism of the critics

So Rings of Power season two is coming out, and the flame-wars flared up again on social media. So let's take a look at why people hated...