What is privilege

[We Never Know]

Doing some reading tonight(well I do every night) and came across this and thought I would put it out for your alls thoughts.

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Staten Island Assistant Principal Unleashes Racist Rant About 'Privilege'

 

[The Hammer]

I find her privelege hilarious.

 

[JustGeorge]

Sure, that would be privilege, but who lives that life?

I think there's an idea out there that one can live a glamourous life off of welfare, but that simply isn't true. You get just enough to hardly scrape by. There is no caviar or 5 course meals. The hoops one has to jump through to get any aid at all are ridiculous(and I don't mean that it should be given freely, just that there are unspoken rules, like married people receive half of the food stamps an unmarried couple receive, even if their income is the same).

I am curious. Has anyone on the boards met anyone that received public assistance that lived like the woman in the photo?

 

[TransmutingSoul]

I say service in God'cause is an inestimable privilege.

Regards Tony

 

[We Never Know]

Sure, that would be privilege, but who lives that life?

I think there's an idea out there that one can live a glamourous life off of welfare, but that simply isn't true. You get just enough to hardly scrape by. There is no caviar or 5 course meals. The hoops one has to jump through to get any aid at all are ridiculous(and I don't mean that it should be given freely, just that there are unspoken rules, like married people receive half of the food stamps an unmarried couple receive, even if their income is the same).

I am curious. Has anyone on the boards met anyone that received public assistance that lived like the woman in the photo?

I don't think she is taking about her life, rather the lives of others.

25 or so years ago I met a few people living quite well on assistance.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I am curious. Has anyone on the boards met anyone that received public assistance that lived like the woman in the photo?

Not me. Although I once had a conservative woman chew me out over welfare, thinking that because I was buying $3 dinners, that I was living some luxurious millionaire life off her tax dollars.

 

[JustGeorge]

I don't think she is taking about her life, rather the lives of others.

25 or so years ago I met a few people living quite well on assistance.

What state are you in, if you don't mind me asking?

Some states give out more/less.

I've been on public assistance. While I appreciated the bit of help I got, I still struggled. A lot.

 

[We Never Know]

What state are you in, if you don't mind me asking?

Some states give out more/less.

I've been on public assistance. While I appreciated the bit of help I got, I still struggled. A lot.

I was in Texas then.

 

[JustGeorge]

I was in Texas then.

I'm in Iowa. Its not very glamourous here. If you're single with kids, you can maybe get on a long waiting list(I'm talking years)to get on section 8 and get rough house in a rough neighborhood, but nothing fancy. Most 'good' landlords don't take section 8. You can get food stamps, but that's not usually enough to pay all your food bills. You're not getting help with water, period. Utilities will sometimes give aid in the winter months to the poor and elderly, but they won't do that year round(because Iowa gets very very cold in the winter, the goal is that no one freeze to death or ruin their plumbing).

As far as daily allowances(phone, sneakers, clothing, electronics), one will have to get themselves a sugar daddy or sugar mama.

If you're single without kids, forget it. You're not getting squat. One catch is, if you're totally unemployed as a single person, you'll probably get health insurance. You get a job? Forget it. Your insurance is gone.

 

[sun rise]

The OP is pure unadulterated right wing anti-poor prejudice. It seeks to demonize poor people in the minds of those who don't know any people who live on the margins.

 

[VoidCat]

I find her privelege hilarious.

This^^^

The person clearly has no idea what she's talking about.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Doing some reading tonight(well I do every night) and came across this and thought I would put it out for your alls thoughts.

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Being privileges is to be able to wake up each morning. Privilege is to be able to say "life sucks, but I living it and I get through each day even I do not know how"

Life is not about being rich or having the most luxurious things to show off.

 

[The Hammer]

Sure, that would be privilege, but who lives that life?

I think there's an idea out there that one can live a glamourous life off of welfare, but that simply isn't true. You get just enough to hardly scrape by. There is no caviar or 5 course meals. The hoops one has to jump through to get any aid at all are ridiculous(and I don't mean that it should be given freely, just that there are unspoken rules, like married people receive half of the food stamps an unmarried couple receive, even if their income is the same).

I am curious. Has anyone on the boards met anyone that received public assistance that lived like the woman in the photo?

I've received public assistance, but I couldn't have lived like that if I wanted too.

 

[Heyo]

Doing some reading tonight(well I do every night) and came across this and thought I would put it out for your alls thoughts.

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Privilege comes from privatus lex, a private law that applies only to one or a few people. A politician not being indicted by normal jurisdiction while in office = a privilege, qualified immunity for cops = a privilege, a professor having tenure = a privilege.
Wearing $200 sneakers = everyone is allowed to do that, no privilege.

 

[SomeRandom]

Privilege is being able to complain about the imagined privilege of others living rough.
If you “scam” the system, sure you might be able to live as this lady described on welfare. Maybe. I’d imagine you’d have to be running a lot of game though lol. Either that or running drugs or similar shady dealings. I know that’s a horrible stereotype which is likely not accurate. But if you’re living off welfare and you’re buying all that. I mean stands to reason you’re either into something somewhat illegal or you have a very generous family member working in the factories lol

Perhaps you could even come semi close to such a lifestyle by default in a Scandinavian country. I’d wager not, but they do tend to have the reputation for being err “more generous” than we are in welfare systems. So it’s more plausible on surface level anyway.

Welfare can be exploited. But to demonise folks on welfare just because you saw a person wearing what appeared to be something expensive paired with a seemingly dishevelled or “poor appearance”, I mean that’s just plain bias let’s be real. Maybe the person in question won a small lottery prize and decided to splurge. Or maybe they don’t really care about their appearance and are actually fairly well off. There could be a number of factors
Do not judge a book by its cover

 

[Twilight Hue]

Doing some reading tonight(well I do every night) and came across this and thought I would put it out for your alls thoughts.

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Ah. Thats real privilege. Take till it hurts.

 

[Koldo]

Doing some reading tonight(well I do every night) and came across this and thought I would put it out for your alls thoughts.

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When I read the part about the sneakers I thought she was going to talk about how much of a privilege it is to be born into a rich family. Receiving welfare benefits is pretty tame compared to that.

 

[exchemist]

Doing some reading tonight(well I do every night) and came across this and thought I would put it out for your alls thoughts.

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Privilege is dodging the Vietnam draft, by getting your millionaire dad to pay a doctor to sign you off with heel spurs.

 

[Curious George]

I can only assume this is satire. From where did it come?

 

[Twilight Hue]

When I read the part about the sneakers I thought she was going to talk about how much of a privilege it is to be born into a rich family. Receiving welfare benefits is pretty tame compared to that.

That's true, but the issue begins when welfare becomes a better choice than the workforce.