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Edited at 2014-11-05 22:05:08
Nothing. I don't expect my color to give me any advantage. To imply that I got to where I am in life because of the amount of melanin in my skin is insulting. I worked hard to get here, and the biggest obstacle to anyone's success is their own self-doubt. This monster of self-doubt exists in all of us. It doesn't matter whether we're pink or brown or some sort of light-ish brown. External prejudices in the 1st world are nothing compared to the mental barriers we put up in order to hinder our own success.
The way you present yourself is what's important. Everyone faces prejudice. Even pink people. I'd like to see a pink guy go to an interview in shorts and a tee shirt, and still get the job he wanted. He won't because he'll look like a lazy prick. Going to the same interview with proper clothing, attitude, and confidence will change everything.
It's true that the dark-skinned faced heavy opposition in the past, but times are changing. The older, "we don't like dark people!" generation is being replaced by a younger generation of people who are more understanding. You're much less likely to face discrimination today than you would have 40 years ago.
The whole "white privilege" thing is actually pretty ridiculous. The real privilege is being born rich. It doesn't matter whether you're pink, brown, or green. Poor people usually live in the projects or other low income areas where almost nothing is spent on the educational system. Meanwhile, the rich people (pink and brown alike) live in the good part of town where schools are funded, roads are maintained, and people aren't just shoved off to the side like animals.
Meanwhile there are rape victims who are literally beaten to death in Middle Eastern countries for letting themselves be raped. I never hear the Social Justice Whiners talk about them. Or the children being used as soldiers in Africa. That had its two months of fame (Kony 2012) and won't get any serious attention again because a woman in America is being called the wrong pronoun. :^)
Nothing. I don't expect my color to give me any advantage. To imply that I got to where I am in life because of the amount of melanin in my skin is insulting. I worked hard to get here, and the biggest obstacle to anyone's success is their own self-doubt. This monster of self-doubt exists in all of us. It doesn't matter whether we're pink or brown or some sort of light-ish brown. External prejudices in the 1st world are nothing compared to the mental barriers we put up in order to hinder our own success.
The way you present yourself is what's important. Everyone faces prejudice. Even pink people. I'd like to see a pink guy go to an interview in shorts and a tee shirt, and still get the job he wanted. He won't because he'll look like a lazy prick. Going to the same interview with proper clothing, attitude, and confidence will change everything.
It's true that the dark-skinned faced heavy opposition in the past, but times are changing. The older, "we don't like dark people!" generation is being replaced by a younger generation of people who are more understanding. You're much less likely to face discrimination today than you would have 40 years ago.
The whole "white privilege" thing is actually pretty ridiculous. The real privilege is being born rich. It doesn't matter whether you're pink, brown, or green. Poor people usually live in the projects or other low income areas where almost nothing is spent on the educational system. But the rich people (pink and brown alike) live in the good part of town where schools are funded, roads are maintained, and people aren't just shoved off to the side like animals.
Meanwhile there are rape victims who are literally beaten to death in Middle Eastern countries for letting themselves be raped. I never hear the Social Justice Whiners talk about them. Or the children being used as soldiers in Africa. That had its two months of fame (Kony 2012) and won't get any serious attention again because a woman in America is being called the wrong pronoun. :^)
