The problem with this logic is that you assume people know what religion I have or not have.wulf3n said:By being attacked for not having a religion.GreyNicor said:How can I be attacked for my religion when I do not have one?
You can, in fact, be attacked for your lack of religion. This is a thing that happens, and there really are people out there (I've met them myself, in the most surprising of places) who sincerely fear that a lack of faith means one must naturally default to being a truly awful horrorshow of a sub-human being.GreyNicor said:I got 52/100.
The test is very flawed though, it assumes you have a SO and a religion.
How can I be attacked for my religion when I do not have one?
I basically got +10 privilege for being an atheist and +10 more for not being in a relationship, no wonder everybody scores high.
Also the "are you white" question was not exactly a subtle way to hide their perspective on privilege.
Not really. You're personal experience aside, my post was merely pointing out that being persecuted for not having a religion is fundamentally no different than being persecuted for having a religion.GreyNicor said:The problem with this logic is that you assume people know what religion I have or not have.wulf3n said:By being attacked for not having a religion.GreyNicor said:How can I be attacked for my religion when I do not have one?
Well, if no-one cares for what your religion is, then you're not being attacked over it either.GreyNicor said:The problem with this logic is that you assume people know what religion I have or not have.wulf3n said:By being attacked for not having a religion.GreyNicor said:How can I be attacked for my religion when I do not have one?
What you have to understand is that the zero score isn't really rock-bottom.ThreeName said:I got under 50.
This quiz is broken to the shithouse, I live in a sandstone castle.
Although it generally turns out that way.DANGER- MUST SILENCE said:I guess this just goes to show "privilege" is not secret Tumblr code for "bias against straight white dudes."
This is bullshit. Why should I feel guilty a) for being born a certain skin colour and b) for working hard mon-fri to get the lifestyle I want?Ratty said:"Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like ?well I don?t hate black people so I?m not a racist,? but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you?re privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven?t been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change." - Dave Chappelle
Yeah I heard about this joke-quiz a while back. But privilege is a real thing, and people should be aware of it and not mocked for talking about it. The above quote that I just saw recently encapsulates why very well.
shootthebandit said:This is bullshit. Why should I feel guilty a) for being born a certain skin colour and b) for working hard mon-fri to get the lifestyle I want?Ratty said:"Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like ?well I don?t hate black people so I?m not a racist,? but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you?re privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven?t been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change." - Dave Chappelle
Yeah I heard about this joke-quiz a while back. But privilege is a real thing, and people should be aware of it and not mocked for talking about it. The above quote that I just saw recently encapsulates why very well.
Complaining about racism then forcing people to feel responsible for something they have no part in purely because of thier skin colour is a tad hypocritical. I live in the UK where weve never had slavery and weve never forced black people to use separate facilities. Also this mainly happened years ago, im pretty sure young germans dont feel guilty for the holocaust (yes these things should be remembered and we should be grateful for what we have but we should never feel guilty)
Racism is a dreadful thing but I dont feel in anyway guilty. I feel sorry for victims of racism but im not taking responsibility for it
You shouldn't feel guilty for being fortunate, but you should be aware that you have been and give some consideration to the idea that other people haven't. That doesn't necessarily mean you, personally, should have to go out of your way to do something about it...you may not actually be in a position to be, and that's fine. People shouldn't assume that you are.shootthebandit said:This is bullshit. Why should I feel guilty a) for being born a certain skin colour and b) for working hard mon-fri to get the lifestyle I want?
Complaining about racism then forcing people to feel responsible for something they have no part in purely because of thier skin colour is a tad hypocritical. I live in the UK where weve never had slavery and weve never forced black people to use separate facilities. Also this mainly happened years ago, im pretty sure young germans dont feel guilty for the holocaust (yes these things should be remembered and we should be grateful for what we have but we should never feel guilty)
Racism is a dreadful thing but I dont feel in anyway guilty. I feel sorry for victims of racism but im not taking responsibility for it