Reddit mentions of White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism

You can never "get rid" of your privilege. It's something you have that you didn't ask for and the whole point of having it is that you aren't necessarily aware of it. So, in your example, there's lots of ways for white people to be allies, but it starts with educating yourself about the nature of whiteness and white supremacy, and ultimately ends in white people becoming active, vocal anti-racists who work towards anti-oppression by changing themselves, institutions, and by supporting people of color. Some people aspire to the term "race-traitor" in doing anti-white-supremacy work.

This model works pretty well for all types of privilege. The formula goes like this: you realize you have systemic privilege or benefit from the status quo (the way things currently are) in a way that is unfair/undeserved based on some arbitrary and uncontrollable characteristic that maybe before you took for granted (you are white, you were born to a wealth family, you're a citizen, you are able bodied, your gender is not considered inferior, your sexual orientation is not illegal). At this point, you should begin learning more both about the history of this injustice as well as more about what work is already being done to address it. Sometimes this is hard because it means learning to listen to people we have been explicitly taught are not competent or valuable. It means learning to take directions and leadership from people who we have been explicitly taught are not "leaders".

Gosh, I dunno if I can point to any one thing. Lemme just second "White Privilege" by Paula Rothenburg.

> I can't get you the exact pages because I no longer have the book, but this book goes into how Jews were considered "white" and also not white at times.

Here's how certain white people view this kind of 'white bashing' book written by a 'Jewish' academic (notice - non-white):

http://www.amazon.com/White-Privilege-Essential-Readings-Racism/product-reviews/1429233443/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R1CVVT1AE5KH94

> "White priviledge" written by a Jewish author. I've seen more than a few of these "whiteness studies" books written by authors of Jewish heritage. Interesting. They write anti-white bashing literature but will NEVER write a book about racist Jewish supremacism (aka Zionism). Gee, I wonder why. Whiteness studies is just the next phase of racist, anti-white (specifically non-Jewish white) bashing. It is the next phase in trying to brainwash people...


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Take note, that the author is NOT viewed as white, but as an instrument of the elite... which will be used to destroy the "real blue collar white man"

This story is as old as Judaism. Jews trying to integrate with the majority society & certain elements violently opposing that "racial mixing".

Which brings us back to the linked joke in the submitted article (no one wants a Jewish baby).

Anyone interested in what's written here might want to check out the book "White Privilege" by Paula Rothenburg, which discusses a lot of these issues.

Yall should check out White Privilege by Paula Rothenberg. It explains why youll see cards that say "Young gifted and black" but never "young gifted and white". And it explains other things regarding race of course.

I don't really think it's an extraordinary claim to say that many Jews are considered white in society but that we'd also be dumped quick from the white club if shit hits the fan. I can't get you the exact pages because I no longer have the book, but this book goes into how Jews were considered "white" and also not white at times.

I also don't get your comment about Jews being liberal and philanthropic. I don't disagree, but I don't get it either.