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Originally Posted by Lemers
I would like to say that a war was fought that killed more Americans then any other war in history and those Soldiers fighting and dying were a vast majority of white people.
And even after slavery was abolished white people in the north continued to have indentured servants. Indentured servants white immigrants like my ancestors that worked in close the slave conditions and each generation built on the values that their parents pasted down.
I don't ever remember being given anything because I was white. But I see a lot of programs that give money and privilege to people because they are from a minority.
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Typically when a majority of a race fights a war, the statistics reflect that.
The civil war (and slavery) were also not about race. It was about economics -leading- to slavery, which moved into us vs. them.
This discussion also has nothing to do with the civil war, so I'm sort of baffled as to why you're bringing it up.
It's funny that you bring up privilege though. You don't think you were given anything for being white?
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
Feel free to google "white privilege" -- you might be surprised with what you find.
edit: I understand conversations of this nature are frowned upon here, but I'm willing to carry it on provided it can be kept at that, a conversation. This isn't a dig at anyone, but I think we know conversations like this can get heated.