# Video: Whites are privileged, and that's unfair

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-whites-are-privileged-and-thats-unfair/625928>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 22, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-whites-are-privileged-and-thats-unfair/625928 "2012-06-22T11:36:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-whites-are-privileged-and-thats-unfair/625928/16 "2012-06-22T14:06:47Z")

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> [@DianaG](#):
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> I can’t watch the video right now, so it may well be dumb, but that doesn’t change the fact that whites ARE privileged, and I’m so fucking sick of them shouting “RACE CARD!!!11eleventy!1” when that simple fact is raised.
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> If you don’t think that you’re privileged, it’s because you choose not to think about it. Being white certainly doesn’t guarantee you an awesome life, but as a rule however your life is, rest assured that it wouldn’t be \*better \*if you _weren’t_ white.

Where do you get the idea that whites are endlessly obligated to be sensitive to minorities? There is no reason whatsoever that whites should feel bad about being the dominant political, cultural and demographic majority, and if that makes you feel bad–well, boo fucking hoo.

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