Great Article About White Privilege

[smitcompton]

Hi,

Institutional racism has been shown as an example by people who use the freight elevator vs a passenger elevators . Commercial buildings, residential high rises and public offices usually require cleaning staff, janitorial staff, kitchen staff etc. to use the freight elevator, as would tenants moving in and out of buildings be required to do so. White collar staff, be they white, black or yellow are able to use the passenger elevators. In Chicago, white Polish cleaning staff also must use the freight elevator. Who among you would expect buckets and mops to be on a passenger elevator, let alone conclude that this is racism?. This is the way larger buildings are managed, no racism intended.

Arkieb1, I see you have bought into the views of those who magnify every problem. Elevators for cleaning staff is a great example of over reaching to show racism. America is very vocal, almost too vocal about most everything, from demanding ice water everywhere they go to having tantrums about not having "safe spaces on college campuses. Free speech is for everyone.

Annette

 

[Dancing Fire]

I feel sorry for those who are ashamed of their skin color. Whites are evil people. They stole lands from the native americans.

 

[azstonie]

I understand you...

There was a moment in my life when I changed my schedule and, having dropped my kid off at the school bus stop, would drive back home to have breakfast and take a shower. The neighbors across the street did not register it. Once they invited landscapers who left the car just next to the bushes forming a square on the side of my driveway - not in the driveway, but behind the bushes and making it difficult for me to take a turn, much less see them. I, not knowing and pulling backwards, hit the front of their truck.

I was sick and tired of everyone coming to the neighbors leaving their cars at that very spot, their guests, their relatives, basically, exactly in my "blind spot", my territory, too...anyhow, me and the landscaper started arguing (his car did not have a single scratch), then the neighbor supported him. I took out my camera to make a photo (I wanted to make a picture to prove that the way he stood, I could not even pull out of the garage in a safe manner). The landscaper called the police and said that there was an argument over the accident.

The policeman came, an old guy, took one look ... and lectured me...for a long time... on how one should not be calling the police if the accident did not happen on the public road. (It was not me who called, he was aware of it. And if it was not on a public road, why even come? Merely for a male show of support). So he showed his support, and left. After that, I looked at the landscaper and said, "oh, I bet you would not be calling the police if you spoke with my husband. You just hate me because I am a woman and an immigrant". "No," he said, "it is you who hate me because you live in this area and I am a simple working man". He left, and I asked his buddy, "why is your boss so angry? Bad day, or is he always like it?" He said, "no, he is not angry, he is scared of you suing him. He does not own this business, and it was me driving the car".

Hey, thank you so much for sharing your experience with me. The shopping center parking lot of the pizza place, private property just like your driveway. Yet the white male police officer who came out did so because the guy who picked me is a,*firefighter* for the same city, best buds!!!!

I want to tell all of my Pricescope Sisters and Brothers to NEVER EVER assume that when a police officer is speaking with you that its impartial and fair. I will never speak with a cop unless I have a lawyer present, no matter what.

 

[arkieb1]

Hi,
Arkieb1, I see you have bought into the views of those who magnify every problem. Elevators for cleaning staff is a great example of over reaching to show racism. America is very vocal, almost too vocal about most everything, from demanding ice water everywhere they go to having tantrums about not having "safe spaces on college campuses. Free speech is for everyone.

Annette

I don't have to "buy" into anything. Over 20 years ago I was an exchange student to an all white high school in rural Michigan, at the time two professionally working adults and two children - a black family moved into the community. Children at that school were horrible to the two children and some of the adults wanted to literally don KKK outfits and drive lovely people away.

On the flip side of that I insisted on going into an all black supermarket in a dangerous area in Detroit when I was 18 - everyone froze as I and two white host family members walked through it, I started talking to everyone the staff, people in there, they realised I was an Australian and everyone relaxed. My host parents were just happy to get in and out of there.

Your country is wonderful in many ways but it's flawed in many ways too, as is mine. I've experience racism here in Australia and we are probably one of the most culturally tolerant places on the planet, no doubt it's human nature to somehow fear "the other." Racism and intolerance happens all over the world it doesn't mean we should accept it on any level.