tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post2003469314118086245..comments2024-03-06T08:29:13.333-08:00Comments on stuff white people do: think that white people in trouble matter more than other people in troublemacon dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-18434992684256514222009-03-21T13:54:00.000-07:002009-03-21T13:54:00.000-07:00Like you said, this probably comes from the though...Like you said, this probably comes from the thought that if hard times are actually starting to effect white middle class people then the times must be bad.<BR/><BR/>I think it may also mean that deep down every white person knows there is such a thing as white privilege in America, just that some don't want to consciously admit it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071108151939305613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-65348774222268790852009-03-17T10:15:00.000-07:002009-03-17T10:15:00.000-07:00Given the nasty, antagonistic attitudes of many pr...Given the nasty, antagonistic attitudes of many prominent whites toward people who are under threat of eviction (Rick Santelli is a f*cking hero to a huge group of white conservatives for calling these people "losers"), I'd be wary of portraying the evicted as being made up mostly of people of color. As Moviegirl says, there's probably a better chance of laws being passed and politically supported if people don't think of this as a predominately black/brown problem. As a matter of political pragmatism, I really don't want housing relief to get tagged with the same image that welfare eventually did. So long as the white majority of our society and our government thinks that lots of white people are suffering, they're more likely to do something to alleviate that suffering. Once eviction gets labeled as a black/brown problem (as conservatives desperately are trying to do, with their constant refrain that the Community Reinvestment Act's ban on housing and lending discrimination really is to blame for the whole crisis), forget about anyone's getting any help.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-17013858011593184012009-03-16T19:24:00.000-07:002009-03-16T19:24:00.000-07:00Hey,I'm a white woman and I see this crap every da...Hey,<BR/>I'm a white woman and I see this crap every day. People think that if racism goes underground we have made so much progress.(it's still there just less noticeable).People can be so ignorant. <BR/>PeaceDustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791391674045764694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-20439563855592627372009-03-16T14:02:00.000-07:002009-03-16T14:02:00.000-07:00Yeah I understand what you're saying but I do thin...Yeah I understand what you're saying but I do think this crisis will have greater empathy if the face of it is white. Maybe laws will be changed faster or stimulus packages to the middle class created quicker if their is a white face in front, preferably one that is also in the military.<BR/><BR/>If dateline did a special where the majority of people affected by this were black, did you think white law makers would watch it? I haven't seen this special but I bet you there is a little blond girl or boy crying somewhere in it.<BR/><BR/>If that's what it takes, then so be it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-37917335188942532982009-03-16T13:29:00.000-07:002009-03-16T13:29:00.000-07:00It is a sad state of affairs to be sure, but it is...It is a sad state of affairs to be sure, but it is the present state of affairs. Hardship and suffering are not hardship and suffering if white people aren't going through it. So maybe its good (and bad) that white people are now going through it (though not in the numbers the MSM would like us to think) because maybe something can be done for everyone going through it (not holding my breath 'cause I don't want to pass out).Mr. Nofacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07164229381294354588noreply@blogger.com