Post Alpaca Lips Posts

Do Americans   disbelieve   in privilege for purely ideological reasons, or is it due to a basic misunderstanding? Photo by   Arseny Togulev   on  Unsplash . . Originally Published on Medium . . Privilege seems to be most fiercely denied, or downplayed when it comes to skin-color, and somewhat less so, gender. Yet, Americans, who seem to discount the prevalence of privilege in every way, surely cannot believe there is no such thing as privilege, except conceding that a person with considerably more wealth than another person is privileged. To that end,   what other areas of life do we see privilege playing out on a daily basis? . Most of these other categories of privilege are not politically or ideologically challenged. Particularly, if I mentioned these categories in a one-on-one conversation, without mentioning skin color or gender privilege. While you, and I are not in a face-to-face venue now, I hope to provide some context about how privilege seeps in...

Photo by   Paul Hanaoka   on  Unsplash . First published on Medium . . White privilege is a hard topic for many people to accept, or fully understand. Republicans and others will see it as some kind of political correctness, liberal woke claptrap, or even   treasonous . Yes,   treasonous . That is because it denigrates many a Republicans’ pristine notions about the nation’s founders as well as White-privilege influenced societal structures still in place today. Such American Exceptionalism zealotry destroys our ability to achieve qualitative introspection and self analysis, that is a prerequisite for making effective changes. Why do we White people get our undies in-a-bunch when someone says we have White privilege?   The simple answer is fear. We fear it may be true, and that we cannot see it, which means we are ignorant and blind to something. Second, privilege is associated with income, wealth, and-or societal status. This implied association with signif...

Photo by   Jonathan Cooper   on  Unsplash First published on Medium . .  Nobody can overcome everyone of their individual faults, so why not vote for someone with every fault there is. Working Title of Trump 2024 Campaign Slogan. . When people get mad at me for what I say… I reflexively get mad at them for getting mad at me for having thoughts they were afraid to have, and luckily for them, they didn't. Avoid my thoughts, I beg you! . Only the truth can save you! A Working Title for Trump, never. . Try to make yourself comfortable. My Titanic just set sail. . Most traffic stops are done by white cops who are   fairness flops . Roseville   Data •   RPD Stops   Data • Also   MPLS PD Stops , updated 24/7/365 . Movies are hardly ever what you want them to be. Did the Titanic really need to sink, again? Disappointment abounds. . White people are not actually that bad. They merely severely lack personal responsibility for their racism. . Grist...

Photo by   MARCIN CZERNIAWSKI   on  Unsplash First published on Medium . . The   Trumplican Party   has been skewered, scorned, and scarred, but unfortunately not totally scrubbed from the scene.   Why do they still parrot the seditious salivations and   duplicitous diatribes   of their dear leaver of the office?   Geez, we do live in confusing times, when the constitutionally-illiterate opposition gets away with many high on-something crimes. . We mustn’t tarry any longer in this unsafe space for democracy. They have stormed many Capitol Hills passed micro-aggressions. Their archaic antebellum wish to separate anxieties make them a double-take disunion danger. Nothing Trumplicans say, or do, is in the best interest of our nation. . They don’t want to   just get along;   actualized in their   we cannot get along,   goons with elongated guns. That’s what I’m saying   little dogie . Getting very close, and intimate to ...