Irish White Privilege......Yeah

Can we still blame the German's(only white male German's, of non Jewish lineage, or gay, or two vowels in their first name. Catholics grand? ) ?

I'm so confused with this thread!

We're in Ireland and the thread is called Irish White Privilege. I don't care about Moldova, Ukraine or wherever else you want to throw in the mix at this moment in time.

Are you saying, In Ireland, being white carries no advantage at all?

Both injustices and their consequences can be discussed. Acknowledging one does not make the other any less valid. It’s like ye believe that if ye admit that an “other” experienced something that disadvantages them it automatically invalidates any challenges faced from what you perceive as you’re in group. It doesn’t.

But all that was being asked was for individuals, irrespective of their background, consider what privileges they may have had relative to a minority, be it race, sex, religion, disability, anything. It is only suggested for people to consider themselves and not identify a full group.

The privileges I have as a white Irish male are not very much influenced by my ethnicity. A white British male though, their society greatly benefitted from their treatment of colonial territories, including Ireland.

Gender, yes, even in the 90’s I had choices in what I could study in school that girls in the same school did not purely because of gender. That was a privilege and it benefited me in my chosen career.

I had a stable family and extended family. That was a privilege relative to some.

Well..... living in northern latitudes, it makes me less prone to vitamin D deficiency without having to take vitamin supplements, even in our dull winters.

A casual glance at threads started and post histories will tell you a lot about the reason for the thread. Just saying.

This is the best bingo thread ever. I thought the rte thread was good, but this beats it. Good stuff, lads.

Where is “white Irish privilege”a combined thing other than those complaining about it?

More creation of imaginary arguments

Fiachra and Dekko walk into Hanlons pub. Both shout across the pub at the bar man to stick a pint on for them. We all know what happens next.

Who benefits from their privilege there?

Harping on about "white privilege" is just a way to be a racist knob and get away with it.

if people adopt a group identity it becomes debilitating, it psychologically damaging and unproductive, you can only live one's life as an individual, not a group average.