have you ever been told to "check your privilege"?

[HeXen]

Why not respond in that thread instead of responding in a new thread posing a similar question? This isn't the type of question that shares common knowledge, it's an opinion. You can perceive it however you wish. If someone told me to know my place I'd tell them my place is first in line biatch.

 

[DaTT]

I came up with mine all by myself. Several variations over the years, but this is how it ended up.

 

[mmntech]

Patrice O'Neil had a great theory about women who behave that way to strange men.

People in general are getting ruder and more entitled. It's no wonder society is falling apart.

 

[waggy]

My oldest is at college. I have seen it said on her facebook page (not by her). I always laugh at it.

from what i read its a new thing going around college campuses to white males mainly. but also seen it directed at skinny women (skinny privilege) and hearing people (I get on a deaf forum and it's aimed at hearing people)

 

[brianmanahan]

Never heard of it. Maybe she's talking about white privilege. Was she black? Are you white?

i dont think so, she was white, as am i

maybe man privilege?

 

[brianmanahan]

what the f***

how old was she? (yes it does matter)

she was probably 50-55. at least she looked it

 

[brianmanahan]

Was she fat? Maybe she was really hungry and thought you wanting it for your stupid lunch was selfish of you.

lol yeah she was

but then again, i am over 300 lbs (though pretty tall), so we were on pretty even terms there

 

[Sonikku]

It's because we're white.

 

[brianmanahan]

It's because we're white.

she was white too though, so i dont think that was it

 

[1sikbITCH]

In response to being told to 'Check your privilege'
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2381320

I view it as more class warfare than race.
ie: if you said 'Know your place' to another white person who looks like trailer trash

but I guess if you said that to a minority...[/QUOTE]

A minority? Like a colored? THEY ARE PEOPLE.

 

[JulesMaximus]

In response to being told to 'Check your privilege'
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2381320

I view it as more class warfare than race.
ie: if you said 'Know your place' to another white person who looks like trailer trash

but I guess if you said that to a minority...

If someone said that to me I'd probably tell them to go fuck themselves.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Depends on the context.

Suppose you have an underling trying to tell his CEO how to do his job when he has little or no experience in the things he's talking about. That guy, regardless of his color, doesn't know his place. That's the non-racist version.

Now picture a black man who is starting a business in the downtown section of some city that is mostly white. The white store owners around him are constantly talking to each other, predicting his eventual failure because he doesn't "know his place", meaning quite literally that the "place" of a black man is working for a white man rather than for himself. That's the racist version.

 

[JEDI]

she was white too though, so i dont think that was it

privledge of getting to the last bag first?

 

[JManInPhoenix]

You got there first - too bad for her.

 

[JManInPhoenix]

If the two people involved are not the same race, then yes it could be construed as racist.

 

[brianmanahan]

Never heard it until my brother said it to me this morning.

Surprise surprise: he's in this thread

lol that is too funny!

life imitating atot

 

[SlitheryDee]

You got there first - too bad for her.

What kind of privilege would that be? Spatially privileged? Locationally privileged? Or maybe since time is the key factor, you could say he was temporally privileged.

 

[CZroe]

What kind of privilege would that be? Spatially privileged? Locationally privileged? Or maybe since time is the key factor, you could say he was temporally privileged.

His youth allowed him to get there first and he is abusing that privilege.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

It's because she knew you were an ATOT millionaire and decided to shop in a store for poor people instead of going to a real store and paying your three fifty for cheesy poofs. You used your rich privilege to rob from this poor woman.

 

[_Rick_]

No, it's not universally racist, but but it is universally egomanic. Which is why I proclaimed it to be the perfect response in the relevant thread.

 

[Mai72]

None of this surprises me in Obamas America, where the bottom feeders are entitled and the ones who work and are at least a little fucking intelligent get the short end of the stick in most social aspects.

:hmm:

 

[Mai72]

i dont think so, she was white, as am i

maybe man privilege?

Are you an ATOT millionaire?

 

[_Rick_]

Double post.

 

[Ichinisan]

lol that is too funny!

life imitating atot

I said it with no context or explanation because I knew he would search my posts and find this thread.

 

[Ichinisan]

What kind of privilege would that be? Spatially privileged? Locationally privileged? Or maybe since time is the key factor, you could say he was temporally privileged.

...and the conclusion, upon determining that you have a certain privilege, is what? If you have a privilege, then you have a privilege. She was trying to claim some kind of elder's privilege that isn't actually greater than the "I had it first" privilege. If he granted the privilege to her, he could immediately turn-it-around and ask her to check her privilege.