This isn't really about race... It's more about class. Of course someone from a wealthy family will have a better shot at life than someone from a poor family. Simple as that.

@ryukdluffy

9 жыл бұрын

Lauren Opara True, and there's nothing wrong with it. If you were rich, you would take advantage of that and push yourself forward and do things many people could not do.

@spottedstar1123

9 жыл бұрын

yup there was a study that showed poorly-educated people from wealthy families had like a 33% higher chance of getting a well-paying job than well-educated people from poor families

@mgheichert

9 жыл бұрын

+Ex Amatullah *Who decided where they sat in class*? SO what privilege? It was not based on wealth or family but based on if you wanted to sit at the front, learn and succeed in class or just be ignored by the teacher. The STUDENTS with the best marks get scholarships ESPECIALLY if they happen to be BLACK. The STUDENTS who WORKED hard to get great marks STUDIED instead of PARTYING. Think about the students who sat in the back of your classes in high school. Any wonder most failed in life? Time to LEARN that bad decisions have their consequences. Like getting a criminal record, not graduating high school or having children when you are not married. www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697491/posts Excerpt *The raw Census data show that the rate of poverty for single mothers is about five times as high as the rate of poverty for married households. But this is a crude analysis; it could be the case that there is some underlying reason that makes people both poor and single mothers. William Galston, the former advisor to President Clinton, has found that in order to avoid being poor you have to do three things: (1) graduate from high school, (2) wait until getting married to have children, and (3) wait until age 20 to have children. Only 8% of people who do those three things are poor, compared to 79% for those who do not(1).* END

@ab-pj2ur

9 жыл бұрын

+Ex Amatullah As long as poor white people exist and rich black people exist, then your argument is foiled.

@ab-pj2ur

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yes I do. I checked my privilege and I found out I was doing just fine.

It's not about how close you are to the bin, it's how good your aim is.

@andrewsmith74

8 жыл бұрын

It's both

@JohnnyBGood11

8 жыл бұрын

Shaq would have missed it if the bucket was in front of him....lol

@ultimsing

8 жыл бұрын

Oh but your skill can offset your "non-priviledge", it just rare to have those skill

@user-xw1yh2py4j

7 жыл бұрын

Or whether or not you physically get up and go place it inside. Nothing ever said that that was not an option.

@LunaKyria

7 жыл бұрын

They did actually, the rules specifically state making the shot "from your seat", thereby precluding the possibility of people standing up and walking to the bin.

Buzzfed going Tumblr now?

@SpazDogz

9 жыл бұрын

They've been kissing the asses of the leftist Tumblr community for awhile now.

@outofhisdammind

9 жыл бұрын

The problem isn't tumblr. Tumblr is just a site. The problem is idiots putting idiocy into action. Remember when Hitler blamed Jews for Germany's problems?

@Teutius

9 жыл бұрын

outofhisdammind I agree,but just how there were nazis outside of Germany, there are SJW's and all the other bullshit outside of tumblr, tumblr just happens to inhabit a large amount of them. I've never honestly heard of any otherkin, headmate, or other bullshit until I went on tumblr. (Disclaimer, Nazis are just a comparison, Nazis are far, far worse than any SJW or other "isms")

@outofhisdammind

9 жыл бұрын

Teutius I prefer not to think of Nazis as evil. I just think of them as assholes on a bias. Evil is killing people for fun or because you enjoy doing it.

@Teutius

8 жыл бұрын

ThisAccountIsNeverUsed In that year and a half I went from Nazis are evil to GTK RWN

The sjw's in the comment section please don't go any further it's not worth it I barley got out with my sanity intact 😖 save yourself😖

@JohnnyYK

8 жыл бұрын

***** NO Kaapo we lost the rescue team don't go Kappo

@JohnnyYK

8 жыл бұрын

Neworld 26 XD lol

@JohnnyYK

8 жыл бұрын

***** oh god how did you survive with your sanity and brain cells intact

@JohnnyYK

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah their money hungry they extort money for a expression/action

I thought it was going to be about the students in the back lifting up their chair and moving it closer, showing that with hard work and determination you can move through the social classes.

@Theodore_VII

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, had a similar thought. But, regardless, still has a nice lesson to it.

@50ftFrankenstein

9 жыл бұрын

Or they could go with the old tried and true method of killing everyone in the front row and replacing them. After that they can implement a horribly corrupt and much worse government that is itself ended by the people in the middle and back who hate the new front people. After that they become France.

@cynic2201

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it would be a lot harder to do if the seats were bolted to the floor, which would be a more realistic standpoint, it's possible, but a TON harder the further you are back, having the further you are to the back have the bolts be on tighter

@Dreadnaught1985

9 жыл бұрын

Well, if you wanted to get META... then moving their chair would be breaking the rules. Which does correlate to the desperation in poor people willing to break the rules/laws, to try and get ahead. But generally the harder work, would be exampled by the amount of effort they need to make the shot from the back of the class already.

@ThalesRafaelAvlis

9 жыл бұрын

First of all, anyway people behind would have to make an extra effort to go forward. Second, in an ordinary classroom with five meters in diameter and 25 students would NEVER space for everyone in the front. It looks like our current consumerist capitalist society model, a model made to be IMPOSSIBLE that all people reach the top. Third, people in front would feel disadvantaged when they lose their privilege. They would not like to live tight with so many other people newly arrivals. Soon, front people would draw up strategies to block the advance of those behind. This looks a lot like the prejudiced strategies that we see in our society. Or, as has been said by others: It's like the people in front would put screws in behind chairs to block people.

I would have just pulled my desk up to the front of the room, next to the bin. He said "You have to be in your chair." He didn't say where the chair had to be.

@Kalani_Saiko

3 жыл бұрын

Got em

@kybeastmode

3 жыл бұрын

Yup you sir are the achievers who think out side the box.

@iamisaid2295

3 жыл бұрын

reminds me of that moment from MIB when Will Smith's character pulls the table over.

@idontwannabeanonymous4725

3 жыл бұрын

@@iamisaid2295 lol this is true

@thetornadocrusader968

3 жыл бұрын

If you think like this I real life and your going to end up rich

If the ones in the back weren't skilled enough to make it then they don't deserve to

@MacduffProd

9 жыл бұрын

Thing is, it doesn't come down to skill. Maybe the ones in the back are way better throwers than the ones in the front. Someone in the front row might be shit at throwing but still manages to get his paper into the bin because it's close and easy. And someone two rows behind him could be a way better thrower and misses because he's so far away.

@melissamm3086

9 жыл бұрын

but that doesn't prove anything because if some people in the front were put into the back they wouldn't be as "skilled" as well. its just unfair all over.

@melissamm3086

9 жыл бұрын

the people in the back didnt have a choice. they were in the "born" into it.

@melissamm3086

9 жыл бұрын

you comment is dumb and stupid. what makes you think based on your question that you are skilled and DESERVE it??

@gardenofnightmare

9 жыл бұрын

its about privileges,not skills

Ohhhh, im sorry, are you upset you live in a capitalist country? Too bad, you won't acomplish anything by whining, instead you should work to acomplish what you want.

@bouncyhippo3220

9 жыл бұрын

So in other words, never question the structure of society?

@gargola7037

9 жыл бұрын

No, you can question society, but if someone works hard so their kids can have more oportunities, why should they get less so other people can get the same? If you don't have a lot of opportunities, work to get them, and you will.

@pokemonpearl812

9 жыл бұрын

Bouncy Hippo Well if you wan't to go live in this communist-esque society then go right ahead. That has totally worked out for the millions that died under Mao and Stalin

@drewnguyen4041

9 жыл бұрын

Gar gola Finally someone who sees it.

@NTRanimations

9 жыл бұрын

Gar gola So what if you didn't have a father or he was a drunk? Or family lost their money in a fire or some other unforeseen mishap? What if you're an orphan? What if your family was torn by war and you were sent to America or some other country as refuge with no money to your name? What if you work hard but you still can't make a better life? Hard work doesn't equal good outcome. You really need to stop seeing the world as so black and white and grow some empathy.

Yep still not donating to the poor

@lacabra4107

9 жыл бұрын

You're so cool, I can tell you have lots of friends, what with bragging about not donating to charity over the Internet.

@hamishr5726

6 жыл бұрын

You pay tax though so yea #taxationistheft

Did not say you could move your desk to the front! I'm getting into the motherfucking upper class!

@destinyawaitsx3

9 жыл бұрын

Cheating? or taking initiative at a clear opportunity to progress higher. Better than sitting in one place and hope for the best!

@socialtomcat

9 жыл бұрын

Wow. You will get far in life. Congrats in advance.

@lumensapace

9 жыл бұрын

Jose Rodriguez more like, you have to be smart enough to see a way to better ensure your success.

Good thing buzz feed didn’t try this with my class because no one would want to be in the front they will all want to be in the back to see who has a better throw.

All that wasted paper over an analogy? Well, that's privilege for you.

@TinaSheffield-zu3qx

Ай бұрын

Scrap paper! What’s your issue? Do you recycle?!

"Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well." - Jack London

No lie we did this in my class. I was sat at the back row and I threw the paper and it hit the wall and fell into the bin while people in the front row missed. Guess I'm privileged by having good aim?

@oquillo

6 жыл бұрын

You must be white. No rebounds allowed.

@jackassmcdunken2230

6 жыл бұрын

Your aim represents the effort you put in you put an effort into becoming successful

@sansfiction

6 жыл бұрын

It means that occasionally, talent can make up for privilege, but it's always better to have both.

@mrforex3708

5 жыл бұрын

You’re white and either can’t understand or you do are choosing to ignore it.

@sc80386

5 жыл бұрын

Perfect example of have a jump shot to get out of property...😂😂😂

An invalid analogy. The students who were in the front probably, for the most part, put in extra effort to get those seats. They got there earlier on purpose so they could get those seats, meanwhile the rest of the class didn't put any effort into getting better seats. It wasn't random who got the seats, just like in real life.

@Electric54321

9 жыл бұрын

Well it kind of is random in life for the most part, as you don't chose your social class, race, gender, sexual orientation etc. And I think the point was just to say that some people are in positions where it is easier to achieve their goals, and so they should be aware of it and be a voice for those behind them who have to do more to achieve the same goal. The video never mentioned it being a choice where to sit, so it's a very valid analogy. And like IamMiaow, I never got to choose where I sat in class at school. :)

@SlayerHewkii123

9 жыл бұрын

IamMiaow Same here...

@justinbrideau3883

9 жыл бұрын

IamMiaow This story Buzzfeed is telling keeps changing. I've seen variants where the location of the classroom is in college, which is what I was referring to.

@cynic2201

9 жыл бұрын

In most classes seats are usually assigned by last names. So your saying those who had a certain last name tried harder to get that seat that was assinpgned to them?

@Dreadnaught1985

9 жыл бұрын

You miss the point. The goal/bucket could have been anything placed anywhere. It's that an arbitrary attribute that the students had no control over judged their likelihood of success. Replace making the basket, with touching the ceiling, those that are taller and have a higher vertical jump are then the privileged. And the thing most right wingers will try and say is "there needs to be a reward for hard work" and they never acknowledge that they are starting at the front row. No one really wants equal outcome.... It's an equality of opportunity that people want. As in, they want a chance to take a shot from a little closer to the front.

It's hilarious how in the comments you can tell who has the most privilege... (Hint: They're the ones who are completely lacking in self-awareness.)

@PixieMemoirs

9 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@SpazDogz

9 жыл бұрын

It's hilarious how in the comments you can tell who is a leftist with a warped perception of reality... (Hint: it's the ones who think people with "privilege" owe them something)

@Prox1015

9 жыл бұрын

Wheres they gay cpnservative troll when you need him? He always have some awesome comeback for pople like luke

@TheRunescapeGuy99

9 жыл бұрын

Luke amen brotha

@SpazDogz

9 жыл бұрын

***** I have only one thing to say to you: I am not a "pople".

So what is wrong with this system? In fact, to make it even more accurate....every kid in the front who misses moves back a row. Kids in the back who make it, move forward a row. So the truly gifted rise to the top and can pass their rewards to their family until their offspring can't sustain it and brighter more gifted people rise and move to the front rows.

@joshm3484

9 жыл бұрын

Yep, if you work hard you move up, and if you don't you move back. That's why when the economy collapsed the working class got billions in bonuses, and the financial executives lost their homes and all their savings. Oh wait...

@jasondownsnet

9 жыл бұрын

Fuq Gooogle No, people lost their homes because they took out bad loans (no doc, interest only loans) when they shouldn't have. I was approved for one of those bad loans to buy a home in Sacramento, CA, at nearly the peak of the market. I was driving to the builders office with the down payment check in my pocket. On the way up to the builders office, I thought,"There is no way I'm going to resale this home in Sacramento at a higher price when the principal kicks in." It just didn't make financial sense to me. So I turned the car around and tore the check up. I shouldn't have been approved for that type of loan and deep down I knew it. Everybody told me I was an idiot; my family, my girlfriend, her family, the bank. They all told me that I should buy a house while I could; that I would miss the opportunity to be a homeowner. But I stuck to my guns as everybody in my life tore me apart. A few years later the housing market collapsed. Foreclosures flooded the market, driving down the entire marked, and I was able to buy a townhouse in San Francisco (a way better market than Sacramento) for dirt cheap. I WAS SMART AND PATIENT AND THE MARKET REWARDED ME. I went from a boy born in poverty who makes less than $23,000 per year to a home owner in one of the strongest housing markets in the world. So basically I moved up a row or two in the classroom; being smart about things won out. It didn't take a degree in economics...I was a 25 year old cashier in a grocery store.

@joshm3484

9 жыл бұрын

Jason Downs Yep, life really is fair. The people who lost their homes despite never missing a payment should have been able to predict the future, and the bankers who got bailed out my the taxpayers deserved their multimillion dollar salaries and bonuses.

@jasondownsnet

9 жыл бұрын

Fuq Gooogle No, I'm didn't say life is fair at all. Did you even read what I wrote. Life is far from fair, but it's as close to fair we will ever get. If you're born in the front row, it takes a hell of a lot of missed opportunities to get bumped to the back. If you're born in the back row, it takes a hell of a lot of shots made to move to the front row. But both are capable and have real opputunity to meet in the middle as people in the middle can easily be bumped to the front or the back depending on their arm (intelligence, work ethic, and choices)

@jasondownsnet

9 жыл бұрын

Fuq Gooogle And the bail out is exactly what is wrong when the powers that be (government) try and control the market. Corruption! If the government would have just let the market die, then we would have saved billions in tax payer dollars, there would have been even more foreclosures and people who waited, like me, would have been rewarded with an even lower housing market.

Out of all the things that didn't happen this didn't happen the most

@BubblegumDog_

8 жыл бұрын

n1

@NatalieH400

8 жыл бұрын

my school did this

@ModwainAllaron

8 жыл бұрын

then i feel sorry for you haddad, i would switch schools if i were you

@clairestark9024

8 жыл бұрын

Congrat your school is crap, you don't have that privalige

@MondoTheAlien

8 жыл бұрын

***** your school clearly didn't have the privilege of spelling.

I wonder how many people from the middle/back rows spent so much time complaining about the fairness that they forgot to throw their paper.

@rdo1233

9 жыл бұрын

Tanner Armstrong Complaining is only bad if it isn't justified, but if you want to promote hard work, why are you telling some people that they can get wherever they want without trying at all whilst telling the others that if they want to get where they want, they have to work hard.

my teacher made us do this. i just remember laughing at the kid in the front who didn't make it.

"Why do I have to learn geometry? So I can recognise if someone's part of the illuminati?"

I think more white people would accept and admit that they have white privilege if they better understood what white privilege is. It doesn't mean you have an easy life. It doesn't mean you come from a rich family and everything is handed to you. Do not let the "privilege" part of "white privilege" make you think it's talking about ALL privileges. White privilege is SPECIFICALLY about the privileges you SPECIFICALLY get for being white. Some examples include not having to worry about racism, being denied a job, being denied assistance, having cops treat you differently, not having people in general treat you differently, not being followed around stores, and various other things of the like. Admitting you have white privilege isn't a bad thing so I don't get why people treat it as such. I'm white and I have white privilege. I've never been followed around a store, I've never had to hide my name because it might seem "too ethnic", I've never had anyone make fun of me for my skin color, I've never been mistreated by the cops... See, my world didn't end! I'm still alive, admitting my white privilege didn't kill me! And don't get confused, people of color can have privilege too! People seem to think that people are saying ONLY white people can have privilege, which isn't true. A rich black man has rich privilege over a poor white man (and the white man has white privilege over the black man). An able-bodied Hispanic woman has privilege over a disabled white woman (and the white woman has white privilege over the Hispanic woman). These are all things our society has granted us as different people. Just accept your privilege, whatever it may be, and try to help those who don't have the same privileges as you.

@drewnguyen4041

9 жыл бұрын

Or these "privileges" are just all a part of your imagination. Or maybe you mixed up the term privilege with stereotypes. The thing is stereotypes are the real deal. Stereotypes can be true and they can be false. Nevertheless they sway public opinion. Now are you going to let someone's opinion dictate your life? I hate people that use their race card as a means to alienate the reason as to why they didn't receive a certain service or make a specific cut. They complain and blame other people for their personal wrong doings. If you're not qualified then you're not qualified. Pretty simple no? The great thing is that in America you can become qualified. You work and you succeed. You don't work and you don't. And if you use invisible constraints as a reason as to why you didn't try then you are in the wrong. No one else.

@grnews1706

9 жыл бұрын

I agree with you 100% glad people like you in the world gets it!

@ThatGirlMoi

9 жыл бұрын

Drew Nguyen I agree with you ONLY to an extent. Yes, some people pull out the race card as an excuse for not working hard, but there are more than enough people who have the skills and credentials but will either have to work more than the whites to be put in the same position or be denied an opportunity all together. You CANNOT deny the fact that white privilege exists (unless you are not aware of our society you live in). I know more than enough qualified and hard-working people of color (not only Black) who have gotten lesser pay, lower positions or denied jobs just because of their race. You will never understand unless you've seen it/been through it yourself. Also, the original commenter used the correct terminology. "Privilage" Is advantages granted. "Stereotype" is an oversimplified idea placed on a person or thing. Having a higher chance at getting a job because you're white is not a "stereotype",it's an advantage- a privilege. As for the original commenter, I agree with you 100%.

@grnews1706

9 жыл бұрын

ThatGirlMoi Couldn't have said it better myself!

@drewnguyen4041

9 жыл бұрын

Do you have any specific cases of these racial wrong doings? If so it'd be considered unlawful under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That company or corporation would be in the wrong. If you have cases of personal experiences, then I will not take them into account. These are often biased by personal views and other incriminating opinions that often stray from the truth. I actually can deny that white privilege exists. My example? My mom. My grandparents came here from Vietnam around 1994 give or take. They applied to receive a visa back in 1984. Due to the communist regime in Vietnam at the time, my grandfather was jailed for his attempt to immigrate to a democratic nation. For 10 years he stayed in jail, to allow my family to have better opportunities in America. You can imagine how difficult it would be to move to a different country with very little money and no understanding of the native language. That's what my mom and grandparents had to go through. Regardless of this setback, my grandparents found work and my mom persevered through school with a language disability. My mom excelled in school but came to another setback when she had me. At the age of 18 she had to finish high school with a child and a slight understanding of english at about this point in time. She graduated salutatorian and a member of the governor's honor program. She now has a doctorate degree in pharmaceuticals and is happily married with 4 children. She worked for where she is now. She didn't allow her speaking and family(me) struggles stop her from accomplishing what she wanted. She was not granted any privilege. And yet she did better then any white person in her entire high school. She had no problem getting a job. The stereotype that Asians are smart is somewhat true. They hold higher family values, and they are dedicated to what they believe in. Having a lower chance of landing a job because of race is not a stereotype or a privilege. It's if you're the best candidate for the position. They funnel schooling, your college, and your aura as a person into the decision. There used to be schools that catered to only the minorities. Look at the case of Grutter Vs Bollinger. While the majority obviously has an advantage because they are the majority, the minority has its advantages as well.

Isn't education a right in America?

@deletethis3897

9 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it's in the human rights, but not all countries follow the human rights. Though the US does.

@Slash396

9 жыл бұрын

That's not the point. In the US, you have a lot more opportunities and it is much easier to access these opportunities than most other places. It is the law that all children must attend school and a school bus will drive by your house and pick you up and take you to school and then home again. All you have to do is wake up and go to the bus stop. In some countries, children must walk miles to attend school or school isn't even offered at all.The point is to recognize that you have a privilege and help others who may not have such an easy path in life.

@annaisdeename

9 жыл бұрын

Slash396 Adding to your comment (just so non-Americans don't get confused :) ) Not everyone in America takes the school bus to go to school. Many actually have someone drive them (a parent/family member/guardian/friend) to school or they can bike, skateboard, or walk to school. I don't know about any other states but in California, taking school buses in high school aren't that common.

@Slash396

9 жыл бұрын

***** I don't recall saying that.

@Roymoney1998

9 жыл бұрын

***** Do you innately deserve something because of the merits of another though?

We played a similar game in middle school, except that it was more fun and more challenging. I was one of the "unprivileged" and could never get to be wealthy. The privileged ones could change the rules as they won so the game became more and more difficult and at the end of the game the teacher told us that how this was like in real life. I was kinda surprised and this was a real lesson to me.

We did this game in class, I am very antisocial so I always sit in the corner of the very back row. The bin was in the middle front of the room exactly like in the video. People in the second row were complaining and laughing thinking that I couldn't do it because I was a the very back (4th row). I actually shot the paper ball right into the bin. Science!

Did this in my class last week. Our teacher made us run a lap (our school's layout is square) and as we came in were placed into chairs, the first five people getting to sit in the front and last place sitting in the most inconvenient seat. Our discussion was about race and sex though, not social classes. Only one person in the front row made it, showing that even those with high privilege don't always get what they want, and two people lost their chances because they didn't follow the rules exactly as specified. It was very much like the experiment in the video, only we were also taught that even though it's class privilege, those with higher expectations for them (like the person sitting directly in front of the bin) also feels a lot of stress and pressure to do well.Some will throw it all away, some will fail under pressure, some will not try, some will will make it to the top and some will fall from the top, and some will just sit and complain and not do anything about it. There are then of course those who sit in the back who try their absolute hardest yet are completely overlooked. [I had a concluding sentence here, but I forgot it. So pretend like I have something really inspiring to end this on?]

Plot twist: The students in the back of the room can work their way to the front by physically standing up and placing it in the garbage can. Kind of like, you know, persistence, creativity, and dedication? All traits that ultimately earn people success.

So gotta sit at the front? Okay got it.

"Throw your wadded up paper into the bin *while sitting in your seat*" My instant reaction, just move your seat closer to the bin xD

@Polka-tq3cl

2 жыл бұрын

You need a colon instead of a comma, genius

@solveexgirl

2 жыл бұрын

That's not the point of the exercise. It's not about throwing the paper in the bin, it's about the metaphor.

I'm a simple man. I see a BuzzFeed video. I dislike.

@martyes9563

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@Ella_bellacoconut

4 жыл бұрын

P Scully lmao why? 😂😂😂

@idontwannabeanonymous4725

3 жыл бұрын

Lol why buzzfeed is having a bad reputation? What's the issue behind it?

True test of character, make the shot from the back until you make it.

@Polka-tq3cl

2 жыл бұрын

You need a colon instead of a comma, mister.

@postbyte1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Polka-tq3cl I gave you all and not half the colon.

Many people in comment don't understand event when they're given a clear analogy like this. "I drag my chair closer to show my determination blablabla..." while in fact the seat order in this case is representing something that you can't change irl. This is not about determination test or hardwork test, this is just simply giving you an example to understand what a privilege is. How much it plays a part in giving you a chance to be something. Ofc you can work hard and show more determination to reach your goal, but again the chance is smaller with people who don't have the privilege

BULL ISH! I was born in Mexico in the early 80s in town of a population of about 400 people, In a shack with dirt floors, this dirt floor shack was our living room, our kitchen, our bedroom. My dad got a work visa u to the U.S then he joined the military and migrated the rest of his family, he served and protected for the minimum allowment. My dad worked factory jobs, bought a truck and saved enough to send 1 kid to college out of 4, me the second born. My older brother didnt want to go he was a truck dricer like my dad he was happy. I geaduated and worjed for pkaces like disney, warner bros, telemundo, univision, local Fox News, finally I got shot to direct my own local news team for a small time affiliate. After 3 years I quit that job, I opened a store, I buy and sell random merchandise, You could say im middle class, I would say just barely. Oh?! And that trucking business my dad started well one day, FAR off into the future will most likely one day go to me abd6 my bros, then our kids. Because my dad dreamned big his grand kids will be privileged in the fact that they wont be living in dirt floor shacks. THE ONLY PERSON I OWE ANYTHING TO IS MY DAD! He worked long hours and back braking jobs so we might never live in a dirt floor shack again, he served so we can have a chance. If you live your life waiting for some one to give you anything you will remain stuck in the mud, no one is obligated to give you anything. Those that have, have because someone worked hard, those that don't is because they refuse to secure there families future. You wanna know why those that are "PRIVILEGED" dont advocate for the "under privileged"? Its because they know its not impossible to get outa poverty, they also know the hard work it took to get there family legacy secure. Im not againts helping people, I help people all the time. I help kids start new jobs, I promotions within the company. IM AGAINTS CODLEING.

@drallen888

9 жыл бұрын

Very well said. It didn't. matter that he started in "back row" he moved his desk to the front.

@jamestodd2650

9 жыл бұрын

of course its not impossible to make something of yourself whatever background you're from, the point is its much easier for some people than others. some people have to work incredibly hard to live a comfortable life, and some inherit it

@Fearlessechoes73

9 жыл бұрын

Jefferson Todd Most people have to work incredibly hard to get where they are.

@nealtomlinson4530

9 жыл бұрын

As an American who gets it, stories like yours make me very proud of the United States. To climb up the social ladder like that in most countries is impossible, but it happens here all of the time. It just takes really hard work and dedication. Thank you for sharing.

@invincibleeagle8404

9 жыл бұрын

Neal Tomlinson Its one of the few countries in the world where that's possible. That's why people are dying( literally) to get here.

I'm sorry I'm all out of white guilt, but apparently you people have enough to go around for the rest of us. I'm a father who has lost in custody court even though all stability factors were in my favor #checkyourgenderprivilege. I'm a white male who cannot qualify for any racial grant #checkyourethnicprivilege. My mother was on food stamps and we didn't have basic utilities turned on half the time I was growing up but I still got a good job and became successful #checkyoureconomicprivilege.Or maybe instead of crying that these things have been stacked against me I could just say..life gave me lemons and I said screw your lemons, I don't want your damn lemons, I don't want your damn lemonade either. I'm having a Pepsi. Your life is what you make it people. Some of the greatest people in history have come from complete destitution and have risen up and some of the people who have had life handed to them on a silver platter have fallen flat on their faces. How about we're all accountable for ourselves. Tell me I don't get it. You haven't lived my life, you haven't lived my hardship because I'm a white male I'm supposed to be "privileged"? PLEASE. My life has been filled with tragedy and heartache, but I keep overcoming. It's not because of the color of my skin, it's because of the tenacity of my spirit. You want to be sad about your privilege? Go get some sponsor kids, go feed the homeless, go find a charity to donate to, invite a homeless person into your home and give them a days wages for odd work if you have the guts to. By the way I DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS because helping people is the right thing to do, not labeling people. You're only privileged if you don't help others around you no matter what your gender, skin color or socio-economic conditions are. Instead of embracing how subsets of people have it good while other subsets of people have a perceived disadvantage....just help someone. Who cares if you've got it better than they do, help THEM have it better. Stop being the person who uses his cell phone to video tape a fight yet doesn't do anything to stop it. For all your crying about getting people to acknowledge white privilege, shut up and go do something about it. If you feel minority children are disadvantaged go donate to the youth urban league, volunteer to run a fundraising event for them or something, or be a big brother or sister to a disadvantaged youth. But STOP declaring privilege is a skin color issue because it's not. PLENTY of white people are NOT privileged and plenty of ethnic people are. AND vice versa. There's a million reasons, stop being so narrow minded as to think that skin color is the driving reason behind it.

@luckyflameheart8520

6 жыл бұрын

iceycat25 it also applied to their experiences through society. How uncomfortable it is to be a colored person. Face it everyone feels safer around a white person. Not saying your life isn’t rough just that colored people face prejudice that is harder to get up from.

@rhubarbman2425

6 жыл бұрын

Lucky Flameheart you're just talking about America alone, A. And B, it isn't hard to make people not uncomfortable. I'm white and people think I'm scary because of my face and stature, but I smile and everybody is happy.

@luckyflameheart8520

6 жыл бұрын

Ruttstuck but if you’re colored then it makes ppl even more u comfortable when your expression is darker

@shawnosullivan7496

6 жыл бұрын

iceycat25 what are jew talking about...😂

@rhubarbman2425

6 жыл бұрын

do you have any evidence?

ha, I was middle class privileged, identified it, and turned back around when I got stable to help the people behind me. Over many years, I'd say ~85% just took advantage of me. Advocate for that back row for long enough, and they'll take you down for their own gain without caring if they step on you along the way.

@rdo1233

9 жыл бұрын

patelbv But what's crucial here is that they only take advantage of you because they had to start off with a rough life. Those with good lives don't have to take advantage of other people because they have nothing to gain. Also, how have they been taking advantage of you?

Life is unfair. Get used to it.

@Sarahnewks

8 жыл бұрын

How dare we want to stop the inequities that exist in society?!

@fishbord

8 жыл бұрын

inequalitys i have eggs thrown at me and i get called a cisgender racest. i have an ENTP-T personality type with asburgers adhd dislexia and disgraphia. my life has been a living hell a blur of pain and confusion. and you people have egged me on my way to school based on looks alone.

@Stevenbfg

7 жыл бұрын

+Sarahnewks. Tell us more about your "inequities"?

@fishbord

7 жыл бұрын

when a 1 on 1 is aloud to stand you before the entire class and promt them to shout abuse centerd around your learning disorders and sensory mechanites. something is wrong.

@luckyflameheart8520

6 жыл бұрын

Bertelhauch that’s why we Have the legal system to fight for our rights. Even if it’s unfair some situations are not suppose to be unfair. Education should be equal for all

I've read a lot of comments saying well just move Your desk to the front or near the garbage can. While at the same time expressing the anger the teacher shows towards this bending of the rules and forcing the Kids to move back. This has great parallels to reality since it's the teacher( the rules maker) the one who maintains each player in the place they we're "born" in thus maintaining The disparity of odds. If there was no regulation from the teacher's part many would come at the logical conclusión of moving their desk to the front. Much how in the real world the rules and regulation of the goverment limita the upward movility of the lower income population instead of leaving them no their own to make something of themselfs witch is something anyone can do

but her aim is getting better

@raw5889

4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@k.4625

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny because marriage is terrible

@chillstudy8223

3 жыл бұрын

@@k.4625 ?

@k.4625

3 жыл бұрын

@@chillstudy8223 It's a gravity falls reference

@chillstudy8223

3 жыл бұрын

@@k.4625 wdym

I think it all boils down to what the kid wants to do with his life, we can't force kids to stay in school, but education is really one of the only ways you'll make it life.

Just wanted to REiterate what was pointed out about privilege with regards to the student exercise. The point was NOT about how good your aim was, because MAJORITY of the people usually don't have the "talent of good aim". THIS is the POINT of the exercise. "He concluded by saying 'The closer you were to the recycling bin the better your odds'". It's NOT about aim, but about opportunity. Those closest to the basket were in a better position to make the paper in whether they had good aim or not, while the people in the back could ONLY rely on having the "luck of great aim" which we all know most would not have.

This is indeed a powerful lesson about privilege. I also know, as i'm sure the people who made the video know there are many other factors that determine somebodies success in life. What is annoying about the topic is people see only in black and white. Growing up from a poor hispanic family I know what it's like to gain success. You have to work hard and when privilege comes into play you have to work even HARDER. you can tell by looking at the comments who sat in the front of the class.

Immediately after this, people need to watch Ben Shapiro's lecture debunking white privilege and Neel Kolhatkar's skit, "The Privilege Game."

@RynoZ

8 жыл бұрын

+Mickey784cr - That Neel Kolhatkar skit is truly clever! Love it. However, if you side yourself with the white guy to the far right in the video (hint the position politically), you must be an advocate of the conservative mentality. The Ben Shapiro Debunking White Privilege is absolutely wrong! Privilege ≠ Shame → Privilege ≠ Blame Nonsense.

All this video is saying is that people who are born and raised with wealth, natural good-looks, or no discipline have no idea of the advantages they have in life without working to earn anything; when something gets taken away from them, they have no way of defending themselves. The ones in the back who've worked their asses off their whole lives don't expect any form of adoration, earn what they deserve, and never go down without a fight!

It doesn't matter where you come from. All that matters is what you do with your life. Privileges are earned.

Oppression chart: White Women Black Women Middle Eastern Women Asian Women Latino Women Latino Men Asian Men Middle Eastern Men Black Men White Men I call it The law of contradicting tumblr oppression.

@eve4246

9 жыл бұрын

nice troll

@studefishernikal

9 жыл бұрын

Scias is the top the least oppressed?

@MyLittleMagneton

9 жыл бұрын

Ender MineCraft The most.

It's amazing how much buzzfeed is trying to tell me that I'm oppressed because I'm Hispanic, in all honesty that is false I have the same potential to be rich as the white guy next to me

@Batman96925624

4 жыл бұрын

can a white person be unprivileged? I'm a white person and am certainly attractive and people say i could look like an actor, but I grew up in a small town in midwest US in a trailer park and money was always an issue.

@franklintorresmendez910

4 жыл бұрын

Privilege is not about your potential. Is about the roadblocks that some people will put on your way when you look different from others. For example, if I apply for a job and the interviewer see that I have a hispanic last name on my resume and decides not to consider me, then I don't have the privilege than a white person has. It happens, there are many studies that show that some people are not considered for jobs when they have names that sound like Jamal or Keisha (african-american). Privilege includes gender, physical appearance, culture, ethnicity, religion and the list goes on and on.

Here's a strategy. We should keep the front rows where they are. Then we should move 30% of the back row to the front, in front of the previous front row and let them throw the paper ball into a trash can that's 2.0 times bigger than the regular trash can. Then we take all the Asians in the room and move them to the back of the room, behind the previous back row, and make them throw the paper ball into a trash can that is half the size of the regular trash can. Then we give that strategy a name. "Affirmative Action".

Just when I thought Buzzfeed wasn't being as stupid as usual and starting to redeem itself it releases this, really buzzfeed?

"Check your privilege" the politically correct way of saying "Shut up. I dont like your opinions and I dont want to hear them"

@mecko21

9 жыл бұрын

I thought it meant "You only think this way because you're in a position where its not a big issue for you."

@arnoldthomsen6571

9 жыл бұрын

mecko21 Still not an argument.

Do they get their ideas from tumblr or do their posts trend on tumblr

Being aware won't help the underprivileged in any way. What needs to be done is make it so that everyone is equal

people realize they have an advantage, but say nothing because once they leave and be the "good person", another person will take their place and succeed while they watch. I'll take my privilege and do something good with it instead of giving up my spot for someone who may not

All im saying its not how close you are to the basket its about how good your shot is

@andrewsmith74

8 жыл бұрын

It's both. All professional basketball players are tall.

@ninagrace-lee8323

8 жыл бұрын

Um unless you are particularly skilled (i.e. athletic or with good hand eye coordination) it's all about who is closest. These skills represent important talent or skill that can propel you forward, but it's rare to have these. Most people are average, even those sitting at the front of the room. That's why one person at the front missed the trashcan. Sitting at the front doesn't guarantee you'll make it, but you have a WAY better chance

@andrewsmith74

8 жыл бұрын

Faith Farmer Most people are either more skilled or less skilled than average - there's a wide variation. There are also physical attributes, such as height, which affect things. All pro basketball players are tall.

This happened to me last year. And yes, I, along with several other students, got an F for being in the back and having bad aim. Except Josh, who, while in the very back of the class, made the dream shot of his life. I don't like Josh very much anymore.

@rifkywageyo477

3 жыл бұрын

You still dont like josh?

@LiteralChips

Жыл бұрын

@@rifkywageyo477 great question

Want to give your kids privilege? Don’t have kids until you’re married. Stay married. Spend less than you earn. Shoot to read a few books every year. Exercise. Build and teach healthy habits. Anyone or any race or gender can do those things. Worry about what you can control.

since back row kids weren't creative enough: 1. move your seat ahead to the front 2. stand on your seat and make the throw 3. open a notebook, get more paper, start throwing until you succeed. 4. ask for the front row to move after they've taken their attempts 5. travel back in time and enhance your paper ball throwing skills to the max 6. throw the paper at the teacher's face, because not everyone wants to head in the same destention, and you're no robot

in real life everyone black is given a personal recycling bin

Boy I'm sure glad i'm a minority female so that I can be a professional victim and blame my misfortune on others

To all those teachers who don't realize that teaching is not for you ...you only have one job and that's to teach well...you don't know how many times your students come home, cry, have panic attacks and become depressed because because you simply can't do you job (and of course schoolwork)! Yes some of us students do have more privileges but when we don't have a teacher that teach well, it's almost the same as not having much privileges for a better education. Just my thought on this video... there's never one side to a story and this video only show how some people should be grateful of getting education, when i think it has more than one side. :)

The real problem with this is that the people in the back seats don't walk up to the trash can and put their wad of paper in there out of defiance. This is why there is all talk and no action by all of those who are told that people have privilege over them. it's because they choose to keep it alive by living by the idea. The first thing they are told is they have to stay in their seats. Such as with every social media outlet ever they tell them that they are in this position because of privilege and nothing is ever going to change that. Well it's damn true. None of them ever choose to change it, they just milk it for all it's worth.

The battle of buzzfeed is upon us , the screams and squeels of the sjw army chant in the distance , the calm before the storm has set in ...all is quiet. Not even the spambots roam the comment section for they know what is to become of this video , of this channel and all the buzzfeed channels. War

Okay so if we look at privilege in general I can agree with that - you didn't make the "race" debate but my sense it was going there or would go there if taught in a classroom... So here are the variables to upward mobility that aren't always discussed: 1) Family finance/class - if you are in the front row, your family is likely wealthy and that absolutely gives you an advantage 2) Social Connections - following class, upward mobility has to do with who you know...the more people you know, or rather the more people you know in positions of power (business owners, etc.. ), the better chances of you getting a good job 3) Personality Traits - if you were born with a likeable personality and you have excellent social skills, you are definitely privileged over other people who do not in our society and this will help your upward social mobility because people tend to hire people they like 4) Genetics - following your personality which is largely inherited, if you have excellent genes in terms of your looks, you will likely fair better than an uglier person simply because human beings are biased towards symmetrical looking faces and a certain set of facial features. Also, if you are a man, your height will benefit you in the world of business and with women as height is correlated with attractiveness and success (some of the top CEOs are 6 ft or taller with the average male being around 5'8" if I recall) There are many others like your family system having two parents, not having mental or physical health issues in your family line, the neighborhood you grew up in, etc...they all have to do with a type of "privilege" - but just constantly identifying it doesn't change it...you need to try and level the playing field somehow.

If you fail it’s your life. You can do whatever you want. Race or gender or anything does hold you back. America is the land of equal opportunity it is what you make it.

Like a wise man once said: When life gives you lemons, you take those damn lemons and make Lemonade!! or whatever you want ;)

@richmahogany1710

9 жыл бұрын

Doris, I want you to know that there is a new baby dog being named after you.

@MusicGirl1096

9 жыл бұрын

Ryan Couture omgosh YESSS!!!

I really don't understand why they call it white privilege, it just called privilege. peoples parents who have money, have advantages. its not your skin color its how rich your parents are.

@hassanalbolkiah127

9 жыл бұрын

They need somebody to blame for their problems. Don't worry, these kinds of people will never do anything but cry.

@thefuel3242

9 жыл бұрын

don't worry buzzfeed is just racist

maybe they should have put in the work and moved their seats.

@MrSugardove

5 жыл бұрын

Teacher would punish them.... now think about the parallel

My art teacher did this. We sat in a circle and he put the bin in between his favourite students. We spent the whole class talking about how we felt about it.

@fake.averiee

Жыл бұрын

@David Lightman idk I guess he was just bored and wanted to have some fun

@fake.averiee

Жыл бұрын

@David Lightman I think we chose from a list of art pieces in the order that we made the shot. I don’t really remember as it was like 4 years ago

All of the women said "that's unfair, I'm a woman and I'm weak and also can't throw."

It's too bad this lesson still won't get through to many

@TheApple10

9 жыл бұрын

Tell me about, i would say a lot of the kids at my school will just end up taking life for Granted and expecting hand outs rather than working for it.

see the problem here is when people think privilege they think of a white straight man because that is what they have been taught is the most privileged group. but if you go any where else in the world that isn't Europe or north america (or Australia) you'll find that that white privilege is suddenly gone, which spoiler alert majority of the world is not Europe and North america, in fact Africa alone is bigger than these places put together, but you're probably thinking so what, I still have white privilege and yes you do, if you live in a country that is mainly white. I think the way we teach about privilege makes it seem like a bad thing, which it's not (most of the time) so people will go out for there way to shame those with what seems to be a lot of privileges. take tumblr for example there is a big stigma on there around straight white men and how they are horrid and evil, but in fact straight white men lose a lot of their privileges when they go on places like tumblr because of said racism, sexism and hetrophobia towards them. I think the idea of a world built on privilege is fundamentally flawed as a privilege is meant to be some this you can not get rid of but you can easily lose a lot of the so called privileges we have. you may think I'm completely wrong here but these are just things that I have observed in my life time.

@Roymoney1998

9 жыл бұрын

When people say White privilege it's a connotation of these places. Anyone with common sense including yourself knows this.

@Sunnymoon1918

9 жыл бұрын

Explain the success of Asian Americans.

@grnews1706

9 жыл бұрын

Savon Moreland Agreed!

@MnemonicHack

9 жыл бұрын

***** I never really got that. What does "check your privilege" even mean? And why should I "check" it?

@StakeCake

9 жыл бұрын

***** shit I completely forgot about south Africa yeah it's a problem, but if you go to some where like well the rest of africa you'll find that you're white privilege is suddenly gone.

If an obstacle is put in front of you from your dream, keep taking your shot. Don’t complain about the people who happened to sit closer. No one cares - work harder.

But let's say I'm a hard working dedicated individual that, with enough practice, worked my throw and made it into the bin. If you're not raised with high expectations, set them yourself.

This was on Imgur and Reddit about 2 weeks ago, but anyway Buzzfeed, thanks for wasting my time on something I already saw!

If its so bad/guilty to be privileged, why do we fight so much to keep it? We strongly compete against people on the same level as ours, we feel happy helping others that are clearly low level , i.e. poor, and get kinda mad when someone that was clearly low level gets to level up to a level even higher than ours. We spend money that could save children from starving on booze and other futile things. Just like Tim Minchin once said "We are just fvcking monkeys in shoes...". Well, at least we try to make it all better i guess one step at a time. Its just a thought, don't be mad.

Omg this analogy is spot on. I get it now. We need to teach people what arch is!

Here's an idea for the people in the back row: as stated, it is within the rules to move your seat to the front. In other words, take some responsibility for yourself.

@laurynglenn4559

3 жыл бұрын

Which place in the video does it say you can move your seat?

@wdtaut5650

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurynglenn4559 0:30 "To move into the upper class, all you must do is throw your wadded up paper into the bin while sitting in your seat." That's it. There are the rules. Nothing in the rules prohibits moving a seat. Leftists, and their victims, believe they are only allowed to do what they are told, nothing more, a version of The Leftists' Utopia - "What isn't required, is prohibited." Free people believe they can do anything which is not prohibited. They believe rights, power, and authority belong to the people unless specifically surrendered to the government. Nothing in the rules prohibits moving your seat to a more advantageous position, just like real life.

@laurynglenn4559

3 жыл бұрын

@@wdtaut5650 what are your thoughts on institutionalized and systematic privileges?

@wdtaut5650

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurynglenn4559 It depends on the reasons for the 'privilege' and what the 'privilege' is. Is it the Employee of the Month special parking spot, or is it a promotion based on a characteristic not related to job performance?

@laurynglenn4559

3 жыл бұрын

@@wdtaut5650 no personal hate towards you in my comment. I just ask that you take into account of institutionalized and systematic policies that make it difficult to “move the desk to the front” and gain those privileges if that makes sense.

Moral of story: Be good at shooting hoops,and you might get somewhere :P

@arminiusofgermania

5 жыл бұрын

And maybe tie your sneaker's laces in a knot, and throw them on the electric wire as you leave for a better place.

So, being aware of and shaming people for having privelege is one thing, but what are we going to actually DO about it?

The way they used "privilege" made the seating arrangement sound like a cast system. Also they said "be aware of your privilege". Thus, it's sounds like all the video is saying is get comfortable in your cast level, because that's where your gonna stay.

Privilege or not, just make the best of what you were given and live a life without regrets. Life is unfair. Accept it.

this was an article turned into a video...

@alli457

9 жыл бұрын

So are a lot of Buzzfeed videos

@Drogenprinz

9 жыл бұрын

whats the problem?

@idontwannabeanonymous4725

3 жыл бұрын

What's the name of original article?

Everything that you have now is based on your parents. If you parents tried hard in school worked there ass off to get the money they have, well you have it made. People who are in poverty had parents who still might work hard but dropped out of school or didn't take it seriously. Don't hate on the upper class and complain why everything is not fair. if everything was fair our economy would be destroyed and the world would be boring.

One of my niggas told me back when we was 18 he knew he wasn't going to be shit in life. At an age when your life is just beginning and you should be ready to take on the world, he already had this attitude. A lot of young niggas have this attitude just based on what we have already gone through in our young lives and already knowing the privilege. We need to let this be our fuel to go harder instead of making us give up. Life is like a 12 round boxing match. And he was right he aint shit because you become who you believe you'll become

If I was in the back row I'd run to the front throw a noob out of his front chair and take it for myself.

This was stolen from a tumblr post. Classic buzzfeeed

@idontwannabeanonymous4725

3 жыл бұрын

So where is this originally come from?

A Powerful Lesson About Privilege

@bhagwansirmali3721

9 жыл бұрын

wow super nice

Also in most of America there is almost no excuse to not have an education. If you require funds you will get more than enough in scholarship money to take care of yourself, the big majority of people have nobody to blame but themselves if they lack an education.

It's just as easy for people in the back to hit their mark, they need to stop making excuses and blaming it all on people in the front row.

Oh my God. This video is so powerful.

Every Earth dweller should see this.

This is all about class you dummies.... A better example would be to have the same task, But the rows signify class, and none of these people know how to throw. The rich kids are able to pay for a good training and are often able to throw. The poor kids often cannot afford good training and therefore don't throw it that well. We should aim towards providing the best education possible to EVERYONE. so that everyone has an equal opportunity. What they end up doing with that in none of our business though. If a rich guy fails to use his resources properly and ends up bankrupt, its his fault. similarly if a poor guy fails to use his education to get ahead in life, its his own fault.

But they chose ahead of time to sit where they did. How about accountability.

I love how this video uses the bais of skill and chance to show their "lesson"

There is a difference between equality and equity. People at a disadvantaged should be helped so they do have equal opportunity to do well. There's no doubt that successful people are hard working and dedicated. That's a fact, but the one's who came from nothing had more obstacles to overcome, therefore the ones who started further ahead had privilege.

You can move closer to the bin slowly. Many people do not just strike it rich in an instant.

"Use education to help the others in the rows behind you" Joe: What if i dont wanna help the others less fortunate cause its gonna make it harder for me to maintain/obtain power? Liza: You are such a selfish prick! Joe: Oh relax! Later on you can rant on twitter or help the world with a very helpful instagram post...

Especially in light of recent events, this has to be the most well-thought out and best explanation of being born with privilege, without deviating too much from the basis of the idea. To this, I say hats off to you, Buzzfeed.

@niney5405

9 жыл бұрын

Jack Hoff Tell me how an unarmed person can attempt to murder someone from over a hundred feet away.

@niney5405

9 жыл бұрын

If he wanted to take the gun, then he wouldn't have been able to if it was in the holster, given Police issued holsters are securely shut. Now, if the gun was already out, then he could get at it. But why would a cop have a gun pointed at someone when they are unarmed? They're supposed to use tasers or their own body. The only reason Darren Wilson didn't use a taser was because he doesn't carry one, stating that they are "uncomfortable". And the possibility of Michael Brown being a thug is not needed. Thug or not, he was unarmed, and was being suspected of robbing a store, which was later shown to be false. Plus, there's the several eyewitnesses, who stated how far away Darren was from Mike Brown.

@niney5405

9 жыл бұрын

I don't believe you need intelligence to be listing stuff off of a witness testimony.

I bet a lot of the kids in the back barely even tried, knowing that they were probably not going to make it. With that said, I feel like a lot of people who don't have many privileges are not confident in their abilities to succeed. With that mindset, you can just throw the ball without even looking, saying, "what's the point, this is stupid." While somebody else, who REALLY wants it, can put all of his senses to work and try to the best of his abilities with the bad hand he was dealt. He might make it, he might miss, but he has a better shot than those who don't try. You can do anything you put your mind to. Be confident people.

This video put me in a pretty good mood. Seeing things that put important topics into proper perspective is nice, though not common. Too bad KZread comments exist to show that wherever there is someone preaching equality, there is also someone who thinks that if your born to money than you deserve it. I'm a white, privileged North American but at least I realize that poor or disadvantaged people deserve to have a voice just as much as us. Seriously why the fuck would anyone say that if someone is poor it's because they're less skilled or worthy than the common spoiled brat. Some children work 12 hours a day for pennies so their parents can afford to buy a loaf of bread to stop the family from starving. Some kids get upset because the cafeteria food doesn't come with ketchup. The only reason that kids still live in the gutter is that (most of) the privileged don't care or are too ignorant to see that these people need help.

I hate this trend of dividing and segregating people according to their race etc. it's so regressive

@ariel3091

8 жыл бұрын

+32shumble but there are definitely differences in the way people of different races/genders/sexualities/etc are treated. we have to look at them separately to talk about what's going on and how to help them. not all groups are treated equally so we /can't/ lump them together.

@32shumble

8 жыл бұрын

+ariel - no, treat people as individuals. Why should my boys be given no help going to university just because they are boys? Especially as girls now make up the majority in uk universities? Tell me what is their crime? "definitely differences in the way people of different races/genders/sexualities/etc are treated." - yes there ARE and you are ALL FOR IT by supporting positive affirmation

@ariel3091

8 жыл бұрын

i don't live in the uk, so i can't speak very well on that particular section of schooling, but i will draw you an analogy; say we have one house in a neighborhood that's on fire. now, obviously, you'd want to have the firemen put the fire out. but you wouldn't insist on having the other houses sprayed for the sake of 'equality.' they don't need it. your boys might have trouble getting into university or something similar, and if they need help i'm all for it, but they are not having trouble because they are male.

@ArmanCortez1

8 жыл бұрын

+ariel The problem with that analogy is that you are *assuming* female "houses" have a bigger fire than male "houses". Some female houses may have no fire at all and some male houses might be close to burning down or vice versa. The point is you have to get past the notion of painting a brush on *X* group of people and start treating and judging people the same *until* you get more info on them regardless of the race or sex they are...

@ariel3091

8 жыл бұрын

i was talking about the fire in terms of sexism. pretty sure women are the main victims of that.