Men's Group

If you change it so that the focus isn't on the discrimination, oppression and disadvantage that racial minorities face, but instead reframe it as the unearned privileges whites (men... of course. Always "white males&quot enjoy, you begin to see pushback.

And for some arguably good reasons. If we're talking about ending oppression and disadvantage for those that suffer from it, everyone agrees. If we're talking about ending the injustice of the fact that your brother in law got you that job at the loading dock, or only getting a ticket for that can of beer after work... then that support disappears.

It's the difference between the injustice of the fact that people of color are getting a shitty deal or the injustice of a white person getting a mostly survivable one. One articulates justice by lifting someone up. The other seeks justice by mashing someone down, who more often than not is already mostly flat. Worse, it doesn't benefit the minorities who serve as the benchmark for equality. At best, it makes for a crowded basement.

Whether or not "white privilege" is true (imho it is) misses the point. We're probably the most liberal community on the web and it pisses off liberals.

It's counterproductive.

Privilege isn't the problem, disadvantage is.