I saw on the internet this expression: "white privilege".
So I searched on the internet, on wikipedia it is about that the Europeans privileges had in the colonies and in US
It seems that the source for this term now is this article from 1987 by Peggy Macintosh.
Few remarks: if you were born in Sweden from Swedish parents, you will have the same privileges as in the article and you can call them "Swedish privileges".
They are privileges coming from majority.
Every country thinks that they are the top of civilization especially those who had colonies. Portuguese are proud of their explorers, Spanish of their conquest, Brits,French, Russian, Chinese, Arabs, Indians all think that their culture is the best, and not all are whites.
True being inside a culture is blinding you to the outside.
What disturbs me is not the findings that are mostly true but the solution:
Abolish the privilege.
Very communist. Why some people to live well when we can all live bad.
If you treat the white people how the black are treated this doesn't mean that you improve the life of blacks.
You must improved the life of black to have the same 'privileges'.
This idea of 'white privilege' can heat up a race war, because white people can see it as threat to their rights, and black people might think we are living bad because white are living better.
And black and whites will fight one each other, and those in power will remain in power and suck the money from both races.
The movie 'Blue collar' from 1978 describes very well what will happen.
Maybe the use of excessive force in American police is due to overwork,fear and conditioning to react violently.
There are several causes:
First they are a lot of guns in US.
Second they are a lot of drugs.
Third all he psychiatric patients are on the streets since '80.
Forth we have tradition from Wild West, elected sheriffs, and shoot first ask later.
Fifth the are some immunity for officers. I don't have sources, but in the '80 was a court decision in which some officers had immunity, so bye bye equality in front of the law.
Sixth, the jury is biased always. Think of OJ Simpson.
Seventh there is no minimum wage, so people must take 2 jobs to work.
Eight they are pockets of poverty from which one cannot get out.
Solutions:
You can't take the gun away, second amendment.
But you can treat drug addicts in clinics, put person with psychiatric diseases in hospitals.
You can guarantee a minimum wage.
Some jobs will disappear because they will be more expensive, but instead 2 people having two jobs each,everyone will have one job.
Free college education, or if don't like free because as an American you learn that nothing is free, education that is paid after you gain enough money, like in Australia.Free college will rise many smart kids from poverty.
Stop H1B visa's corporations use them to bring programmers from overseas, for 'training', but in fact for low paying jobs.
Abolish all immunity privileges.
Federal oversee of the local police. Train the police to hod suspects in a safe manner, and to deescalate.
It seems to me that the Minneapolis police was not well trained. Chauvin was a sadistic bastard but the other 2 police officers that sat on Floyd's body, were not trained.In order to pin down a human body is enough to put your weight on the pelvis not on the thorax.
But I expect that everything will be about the race and none of these ideas will be implemented.
