White privilege and systemic favoritism / by kevin murray

The color of American citizens is most definitely changing, in which, never have there been so many colors, bi-colors, multi-colors, races, creeds, and national origins, then we do so see, today.    This is good for America, especially since it takes pride in being the “melting pot” of the world, as well as believing in the core values of equality, egalitarianism, opportunity, liberty, and justice for all.  Yet, despite all the noble words so written, good and progressive legislative acts so enacted, and sound judicial decisions so rendered; the fact of the matter is that white people, just by virtue of being white, have immense inborn advantages over every other race; because in America we are seldom appropriately judged by our character, but rather are often judged first by the color of our skin.

 

Though the prism of America is changing, the fact of the matter is, that prism, is often still the prism still mainly seen through the lens of white people, of which, not too surprisingly, those that are white, have a strong tendency, whether implicit or explicit, to favor their own kind, first.  While progress is being made in getting more white Americans to recognize their inherent advantages that permits them to be just about whatever that they want to be, as well as to get the benefit of the doubt in the doing of whatever that they so do; the wheels of change are slowly and inexorably grinding progressively forward, and thereby there is clearly becoming a divide between those whites that will not give an inch back of their privilege, which they grip tightly onto as a highly valued heirloom, as compared to all those other whites that recognize that being born white, should not accord them respect or privilege, that they have not fairly earned.

 

What many white people don’t seem to comprehend, is that in this country, simply being white, permits those of that white race, to go about their business in which they need not take into serious consideration, that the general perception of other people is ever going to be that they are, for instance, stupid, ignorant, criminals, dangerous, violent, indolent, or deserving to be despised or disrespected.  To be white, is to have a perpetual free pass, that permits white people to have all of the advantages, and basically none of the disadvantages; unless those white people prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are trailer trash, drunks, drug addicts, or damaged in some other obvious way.

 

So then, what we so find, is that the people that cry out the loudest for more law and order, are primarily white people; because these white people know that when law and order comes with their heavy boots, it isn’t going to come for them.  So too, the people that we often find that want less governmental services, less governmental interference, and to pay less in taxes, are white people, because they have all the assets and material goods that they really need, so that they don’t require governmental social services and they sure don’t want to pay more in taxes, because they want to keep as much as they earn or have, as they can.  In short, to be white, is to be on the side of the rulers, and to be anything else than white, is to be on the side of the ruled.