What kind of discrimination do Whites suffer from?

Question

I've heard this several times on this website and was curious to know how the most privileged people on this continent suffer from discrimination.

Please, serious, thoughtful answers. I really would like to know.

Answer 1

Honestly, we don't. But if you break it down into religion, then it is possible. I have been denied jobs, (I had to live in the south for a short horrid period in my life)

Other than religion, as a race, I'm just being honest. So all those ready with thumbs down. Go ahead. Truly.. when have you ever been stopped by the police, as a "fitting suspect" description? Or looked out at from the corner of someones eye when you go into a store??

Answer 2

I have been passed over for several jobs because I am a white male (well I am half Asian but government considers me white go figure). I know this because the hiring manager of the large corporate engineering company I applied to work with is a family friend and told me that the only reason I did not receive the job offer over a less qualified individual was because of company policy (HR administrative stuff). The same applies to colleges so I have heard but compared to Mexicans, who in my opinion have it much worse off than African Americans, whites have it easy. Also remember its really going to be funny in a few years when whites are a minority will they get special privileges then?

Answer 3

As far as whites being the most privileged in this country, I am not to sure about that these days. Hey, that may have been true 30 or more years ago, but I see SO many more privileged people of ALL races & ethnic backrounds than myself, a white female. Opportunity is Here in the U.S. for all, more than ever, & more than anywhere else in the world. Ambition & determination along with appropiate attire & behavior, are the building blocks for a person to succeed.

Answer 4

The only stuff that I've encountered has been people assuming I'm racist because I'm white or giving me a hard time when it comes to social services. I've had trouble before dealing with people who don't believe me that I'm not somehow 'privileged', mostly when it comes to having money or making money. As if I don't have a right to be 'poor' and need government assistance because I'm white and have no 'excuse'. Multiple times, I've been asked by city office workers why I don't just ask my parents to support me. They give me the 'what are YOU doing here' attitude. I've even been told that there's no reason why a 'young healthy WHITE girl', like me should be applying for government assistance and that I should have some sort of college degree. Hey, maybe that's meant to be some sort of weird compliment but I took a bit of offense to it. Even my landlord yells at me to ask my mom for money when I'm late on rent (They're orthodox Jews, white, but still view me as 'different') I'm almost 30 years old and I think that's crazy talk. That's really the only stuff that happens to me.

The other things are just racist comments made by racist people who aren't white. I don't count that as 'discrimination' since it's just name calling and everyone deals with it from someone at some point.

Answer 5

I wouldn't call it descrimination, but accusation. We are accused of being racist when we are not. Do you think if we had WET (white entertainment television) that the NAACP would not pitch a huge fit? We would be accused of descriminating, when that is not what it is. I've hear people say well all of tv is geared towards white people and that is so untrue. What about Family Matters? That wasn't on BET or Fresh Prince, one of the most popular tv shows of all time. I love Fresh Prince and that was all black people. So that is not a valid excuse. What about all the scholarships black students can apply for, just because they are black. We arn't allowed to have white scholarships, and be serious, you don't think that if someone tried to that black people would not call us descriminatory? So what if white people dominate America? That isn't our fault! It is completely unfair to say that since we have more white people that the minorities should get an extra leg up in society with grants and tax breaks and whatever else there is. Black people are not in slavery any more, we don't have seperate bathrooms anymore, we don't have seperate resturaunts we saw what we were doing was wrong and changed it! Don't even tell me that the black people changed it all on their own! Who signed the emancipation declaration? Lincoln! Ane he was white! Who took former black slaves into their homes for shelter at night? White people we helped you just as much as you helped yourselves. No black person alive today has been in slavery in America you cannot use that excuse you were never a slave. Isn't the goal equality in all races? Why do you want people to pitty you for being black and expect to get special breaks because of it? I have a lot to say on this matter but my fingers hurt...One more thing though...I have absolutley nothing agianst black people in any way I have many black friends who I love. I am all for a black person making a good life for them self and being happy and making lots of money or whatever. But you all can't have your cake and eat it too. Its a double standard and there is no denying it.

Answer 6

First, I would like to say that all people in someway or another are discriminated against. There is a thing that is called reversed discrimination. I have been accused of things, have been insulted, and slandered for being "white". The horrible things that happened to the African American has been thrown into todays society. I am not to blame for what happened so do not treat me as if I were the one that did it. I love people regardless. I am however Native American..Apache...and it is MY people in this country that are still being FORCED to live in poverty. We need to move on and accept all people from all walks of life. "White" people are NOT the most privilaged people. All people have descended from another country. I am without medical insurance. My job doesnt offer it and I make too much money as a single mom as a waitress to receive gov't assistance for med ins. Your question to me can be taken as discriminitive. How can you say white people are the most privilaged? You are sadly mistaken.

Answer 7

The only discrimination I've heard of is when white people go to other countries, like India. White people aren't even allowed into a lot of the temples there.

In this country? I can't think of anything specific to white people. I have had one occasion of discrimination against me, but I don't think it's a "white" thing. I was re-entering the job market after an illness, and I didn't want a job with a lot of responsibility at first, so I applied for a low-paying job at a retail store. I was told that I was "over-qualified" for the position, so they didn't hire me. They assumed that I would quit as soon as I found a better paying position in my field of work. Of course, they were right. I've heard a lot of people say that white men who have been "down-sized" out of their careers are getting turned down for jobs for the same reason. But, I think that the reason is more because of their attitudes that they are "settling" for work that they consider beneath them.

Answer 8

i don't have self belief White human beings face discrimination. each and every time i bypass exterior and seem around, or each and every time i bypass and watch television all the white human beings seem high quality. they have interplay with different races. They get solid jobs. they have incredible lives. end of tale. What you notice is purely a psychological subject interior the lives of many human beings as we communicate; because of the history u . s . a . of america, with all the racism and such, human beings immediately have self belief that when a White man or woman gets the better hand, this is Racism. it is not; he basically have been given there first. all and sundry is very uneducated and leap to end, concluding the reality that maximum colored human beings basically hate it while white adult males or women individuals get the better hand.

Answer 9

Being called a racist, privileged and thought to be from well off families.

We get called cracker, whitie, hillybilly, redneck and many other names. but no one ever gets fired for saying them.

We can't have an all white organization, neighborhood, schools or the right to only hire whites for a job.
Blacks have all these things...

We get no credit for what we have done for this country and many others, we weren't only the brain power behind building a great country, but we also were the muscle. We are put down because of our statis and being in control (as black people portray us) but you can't seem to see that it's because we are a civilized people and use our logic to get where we are and not our skin color! Do you really think it was our skin color that caused us to become known as the superior "Privileged" Race? NO it was the thinking that our fore fathers did, we have standards, morals, goals and much more that advance us. We don't cry about the past, we look forward to the future.

You research our history and tell me when you ever heard of a time that White people weren't civilized? And look now and try and find me an all white country that is 3rd world? you can't not even in Africa the only civilized and industrialized country in Africa is South Africa and it's ran by White people.. Facts are Facts get over it.. Look at Australia, it was a country of blacks until whites came and made that country what it is today...

Answer 10

If you qualify Jews as white then the discrimination is well known. Discrimination isn't only racial, it can be religious, wealth, Northern US/Southern US, etc. Just because someone might not discriminate against a person the same way they specifically discriminate against African Americans/Blacks doesn't mean it doesn't still count as the discrimination.

Answer 11

That's an easy one

1.) Each crime, esp a hate crime, that a white commits is front page new for 2 weeks. Then comes the congressional/media hearings. This ONLY applies to whites. Black hate crimes (the highest per capita) are rarely -if ever, in the papers let alone front page news.

2.) When whites commit a crime, it is lack of moral character. When blacks commit a crime, 'its whitey's fault'.

3.) We are open targets for racist remarks and sterotypes in the media and entertainment. If blacks had this applied to them, there would be rioting.