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Re:At Google, an Employee-Run Email List Tracks Harassment a... by chipgap98 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:45AM (#14402166)
> The former president of the US was a black man, he was arguably in one of the most privileged positions in the US / World.

That's not what privilege is. Its about how society treats people as a whole. As as a whole, white men benefit from their gender and race. Yes there are white people who are poor or have other issues. Yes there are black people people who are wealthy or in positions of power. Citing individual examples doesn't discount macro trends

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Re:At Google, an Employee-Run Email List Tracks Harassment a... by whitemale on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:54PM (#14403461)
How does society treat people as whole? can you explain what advantage do non-white-males have over everyone else?

> Citing individual examples doesn't discount macro trends

Sorry mate, if you look at statistics, Asians earn more in America than 'whites', so I guess we should start calling Asians privileged then, right?

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