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Weiye Loh

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Racism Privilege Equality

shared by Weiye Loh on 11 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Weiye Loh on 11 Dec 11
     
    It is official: Racial attacks against white people are excusable. Much of the judicature can be relied upon to deliver justice according to liberal-left, Frankfurt School ideology.  What other explanation is there for Judge Robert Brown's decision to excuse a quartet of "Muslim" girls that attacked Rhea Page, kicked her in the head and tore out her hair. In case there was any doubt that the attack was racially aggravated, the four-piece gang (actually clan, as they comprised of three sisters and a cousin) yelled "kill the white slag".

    Now, if the racial profile was reversed and four white girls attacked a person of another race, while cajoling and exhorting one another to "kill", then I'm pretty confident a custodial sentence would have been passed.
Weiye Loh

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Privilege Gender Equality Gender Stereotype Discrimination

shared by Weiye Loh on 27 Aug 11 - No Cached

  • Saying that telling someone they are privileged ‘isn’t an insult’ is a bare-faced lie.

    I have seen so many feminists, gay and queer and trans activists use the single word ‘privilege’ to dismiss an individual and their arguments I have lost count.

  • ‘Privilege’ seems to be a way of  at once blaming individuals for complex situations, and then also maintaining a ‘group’ identity of those who are not privileged.

  • Take trans politics for example. I am continually labelled as ‘privileged’ as a ‘cis’ woman. And this enables trans people to always be the victim in discussions, the victim of my privileged viewpoint. But I don’t think I have any ‘privilege’ in terms of gender identity. I fail at being a ‘woman’. My sexuality is closest to that of homos, with no access to the physical experiences of homo-men. I have no gender ‘advantages’ I can think of at all, except that I am not going through the pain of transition. Just the pain of a lifetime of ‘not fitting’ to my supposed gender identity.But in conversation with trans people, they can always claim the ‘privileged’ position of the powerless.

    I think privilege is used as a weapon in identity politics.

  • Weiye Loh on 27 Aug 11
     
    "Having privilege isn't something you can usually change, but that's okay, because it's not something you should be ashamed of, or feel bad about. Being told you have privilege, or that you're privileged, isn't an insult. It's a reminder! The key to privilege isn't worrying about having it, or trying to deny it, or apologize for it, or get rid of it. It's just paying attention to it, and knowing what it means for you and the people around you. Having privilege is like having big feet. No one hates you for having big feet! They just want you to remember to be careful where you walk."
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