#structural privilege

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scott woods on the structural nature of whiteness and racism

scott woods on the structural nature of whiteness and racism

The problem is that white people see racism as conscious hate, when racism is bigger than that. Racism is a complex system of social and political levers and pulleys set up generations ago to continue working on the behalf of whites at other people’s expense, whether whites know/like it or not. Racism is an insidious cultural disease. It is so insidious that it doesn’t care if you are a white…

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keys money phone (2014)

keys money phone (2014)

Watch Roger Young’s award-winning portrait of white South African male privilege: https://vimeo.com/136709085 Practically unconscious from a night of drinking, Sebastian is deposited by taxi outside his security complex. Too late he realises that he doesn’t have his keys, wallet or cellphone. Failing to convince a security guard to just let him in, he sets off into the night to find the taxi…

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