I'm with you on that one. Privilege exists, but we pay oversized attention to some and not so much to others like wealth privilege, or 'green' as Steve called it awhile back. Not to mention when it's combined with celebrity privilege, which is how OJ Simpson got away with murdering his wife, Kobe Bryant got away with raping a woman, and …
I'm with you on that one. Privilege exists, but we pay oversized attention to some and not so much to others like wealth privilege, or 'green' as Steve called it awhile back. Not to mention when it's combined with celebrity privilege, which is how OJ Simpson got away with murdering his wife, Kobe Bryant got away with raping a woman, and I strongly suspect how Bill Cosby got away with raping white women as far back in the day when a lynching wouldn't have been entirely out of the question had he been accused (it's interesting how many white women with a LOT more power over black men back then never told.) Cosby's career would have been over and he never would have been able to venture south of the Mason-Dixon).
I'm with you on that one. Privilege exists, but we pay oversized attention to some and not so much to others like wealth privilege, or 'green' as Steve called it awhile back. Not to mention when it's combined with celebrity privilege, which is how OJ Simpson got away with murdering his wife, Kobe Bryant got away with raping a woman, and I strongly suspect how Bill Cosby got away with raping white women as far back in the day when a lynching wouldn't have been entirely out of the question had he been accused (it's interesting how many white women with a LOT more power over black men back then never told.) Cosby's career would have been over and he never would have been able to venture south of the Mason-Dixon).
It's the Golden Rule...The one with the gold....