University Students Told White, Male, Heterosexual, Christian Privilege is Everywhere
“the epitome of white privilege”
Someone should have asked about Jussie Smollett. That’s a case study in privilege which defies the theory being offered here.
The College Fix reports:
White, male, heterosexual, Christian privilege is everywhere, college students told
Attempting to be racially colorblind is the “epitome” of white privilege, according to a panel discussion held at Viterbo University on Tuesday night.
“Saying that you’re colorblind, or that you are race blind, or you just see people for people and not whatever color they are is the epitome of white privilege,” said Alyssa Gostonczik, the intern and employer relations coordinator at Viterbo and one of the panelists at the 90-minute event.
“It means that you are denying hundreds of years of oppression to a group and then expecting them to be on the same level as you are, or saying things like, ‘Well, you can anything, you just need to try harder,’ or ‘Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, you got this,’ when that individual is not even close to being on the same playing field as their white counterpart is,” Gostonczik said.
“As long as good people keep doing nothing, racism is going to continue,” she added…
Gostonczik also mentioned those with “Christian privilege,” meaning holidays you celebrate are always recognized, you get days off from work and school, the decorations around campus and town fit your holidays, and you get to hear Christmas music playing in stores and on the radio. Christian privilege means politicians likely share your faith and your views – “anti-abortion laws, for example.”
When discussing “male privilege,” Gostonczik said she had recently heard a story on NPR about how NASA had to cancel an all-female spacewalk because there weren’t enough space suits to fit female astronauts.
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Gostonczik said she had recently heard a story on NPR about how NASA had to cancel an all-female spacewalk because there weren’t enough space suits to fit female astronauts.
Fun Fact—the cost to put anything in orbit is about $10k per pound. (As any Rocket Scientist can tell you, that number’s been constant since the days of Vanguard and Vostok; cost is down a bit, but so is the value of the dollar, so the ratio has barely budged.) So no, they’re not bringing their shoe closets into space any time soon.
Even more fun fact: Why in the hell were they discovering this AFTER putting more women than they had suits into ORBIT? What exactly did they think was going to happen in an emergency?
I’ll tell you what was going to happen: some women were (or ARE; AFAIK they’re still up there) going to die. Period. Space is the definition of “hostile environment”.
What happens in an emergency is that they get their hair caught in the helmet seals.
That’s my quickie way to evaluate whether anything involving women and government is serious, or just a chance for some photo ops and interviews to keep the press happy. If they don’t even make them cut their damn hair, the whole thing’s just a show.
Looked up Viterbo U in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. It’s a private, Catholic liberal arts university. Where apparently they are keeping it a secret that the Pope is (and always has been) a white, Christian male. You can’t make up this stuff!
Are you sure?