Liberty and Justice for Some
By Thoreau
I often dislike intertubez invocations of “privilege”, because the intertubez commenters invoking it often want a magic “I WIN TEH DEBATE” button. However, I think the Onion has perfectly encapsulated some very, very real aspects of white privilege.
Comment by libhomo —
January 23, 2011 @ 2:19 pm
That is brilliant satire.
Comment by A Squirrel —
January 23, 2011 @ 6:33 pm
It looked like that was a clip from the new IFC tv show. If that is so, I need to make sure I don’t miss any more episodes.
That was well done.
Comment by Fraud Guy —
January 24, 2011 @ 10:12 pm
Reminds me of the David Chappelle skit about the difference between police treatment of drug dealers and white collar criminals.
Comment by LC —
January 25, 2011 @ 5:38 pm
Very nice, and I too may need to make sure I don’t miss more of this.
As for the “I WIN TEH DEBATE” thing, I don’t actually see that much, but I suspect that probably has to do with who I am debating. However, I will absolutely agree that privilege should be thrown in to move a debate forward and get at what’s actually going on. When it gets thrown as a trump card, it’s usually pretty useless.