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13171983, Posting that "BM privilege checklist" puts the BS on full display
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sat Jul-08-17 11:08 PM
I'm glad he did as Mr. Woods should be completely ashamed of himself for concocting such a ridiculous list.
Number 37 on the list is the one I was referencing in reply 55 when I said:
"When you're looking at a people being systemically murdered, what good is it doing to tell them to check their privilege because films are based on violence?" (of course this is is direct reference to Black men)
This is the absurdity of 99% of the list. I could literally go through and point out how ridiculous all of those things are. Notice how many times he says "I have the privilege of believing." Everyone in America has the privilege of believing whatever they wanna believe, and he seems to speaking for himself with most of the point. Then alotta the stuff he says after that "privilege of believing" phrase is stuff that only ostracized individuals believe (46. I have the privilege of believing that the failure of the black family is due to the black matriarchy.)... and considering what's in the those parentheses, he should have a VERY long "Black female privilege checklist" since matriarchy exists in our community, right? But no, it's only the gender most targeted for extermination BASED ON GENDER and race who's urged to check their race and gender-based privilege? His thoughts on pornography just reveal how screwed up HE is personally (26. When I consume pornography, I can gain pleasure from images and sounds of men causing women pain). He sounds sick. Then so many of them are just plain false (10. Most of the national "opinion framers" in Black America including talk show hosts and politicians are men, 73. What is defined as "News" in Black America is defined by men.) Speaking of which, he claims it's privilege that the white patriarchal establishment only highlights Black men in the civil rights/black power movements. This isn't a privilege to anyone considering all the great Black women voices throughout American history. But even more importantly, the white establishment is very big on MLK due to most of his civil rights career being based on non-violence. Women like Ida B. Wells and Rosa Parks weren't with that mess (read up if you didn't know), so again, we're blaming each other for what the white establishment promotes. I find it particularly egregious when people use the example of Black men standing up against the establishment for the community DESPITE BEING THE MOST TARGETED FOR DEATH BY THE ESTABLISHMENT as some example of a privilege. Another important thing about the list (as was the case with the article Buddy posted in reply 38), much of the list says "you benefit from THIS way in which racism is practiced against you." I went into that pretty thoroughly in my response to that article in reply 68.

Anyway tho, I really do LOVE the fact that Denny posted the list in here, because he's been known to spout alt-right-ish views and keenly refined racism on the boards. I pointed it out here when I decided he truly wasn't worth discussing anything with: http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=13162257&mesg_id=13162257&listing_type=search#13166418
Go ahead... read the whole post if you haven't already.
I think it's very important to ask ourselves why such a person would be so hellbent on this Black male privilege idea and why any Black person would be siding with this dude on any racial matter affecting Black people. This is a victims vs victims initiative and is highly important for alleged anti-racists who actually seek to destroy any kind of Black unity against white patriarchy. Given feminism's anti-Black male origins, it's just not surprising that those claiming it would be on the same side as such a white person as denny. It's a hard pill to swallow, but it's clear as day for anyone who's read and followed the history.