I'll tell you what a thug is. A thug is a person who uses force and threats to make other people give "respect." Additionally, a thug is a person who robs, peddles drugs, assaults people. It's not forced assimilation into "white culture" to expect people not to do such things.
And I think the word “thug” is used, too often, to describe individuals who do not do any of the things you have mentioned. You are referring to a post I reblogged that mentions a couple people, one of them being Trayvon Martin who was labeled a thug, even though when white teens, who participate in the same behavior, are not labeled as such.
White culture does threaten poc into respecting them, and robs, and assaults people, and distribute drugs, so really.. who are the real thugs?
white privilege doesn’t mean every white person is healthy, rich, and live perfect lives. white privilege is getting unfair advantages and privileges that people of color do not get. White privilege is committing genocide against Native Americans in order to steal our continent, and rebuilding it with the labor of enslaved Black people. White privilege is reaping the benefits of the genocide, enslavement, relocation, segregation, assimilation, etc, of people of color. White privilege is having a disgusting past and present while portraying people of color in the media as subhuman. I could go on but you will believe whatever supports your bigotry.
MY Bigotry? I’m not the one that wishes to generalize everyone of a certain range of skin tone in negative terms. That’s YOU Mr. Bigot.
White privilege is a myth perpetuated by bigots like yourself. Just because a person’s skin is light doesn’t mean they have been handed ANY advantage.
Having light skin doesn’t mean a person has committed genocide
Not all white people reap the benefits of the past, nor are all PoC barred from reaping the benefits of the past.
Every skin tone has a disgusting past. The whole of humanity does.
You just dig your hole deeper pal.
You’re a hater. Once you can admit that, maybe you can get on with your life.
If you put your preconceptions down for a little while and research white privilege you would come to a different conclusion. It is ego and prejudice that is stopping you from seeing the truth. White privilege is such a large spectrum, and so unquestioned, that it can be hard to detect (if your of a mind to ignore it). The mere presence of white people on the Americas is an example of white privilege; for example, yet it goes unchecked everyday.