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Ohio State University health sciences course requires students to engage with ‘White Privilege Knapsack’ (nypost.com)
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Students were required to address ‘whiteness’ and describe what the term ‘white’ means, as well as explain how they ‘navigate race’ in their daily lives.

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not just being oppressed in different ways (I've got my dose of xenophobia, fatphobia and ableism), but getting oppressed because of being "too privileged". It's no longer a privilege when you get it thrown at you at every step, when no matter who, they use this or that of your "privileges" to put you down.

And ironically, racism is also a problem for white people, but because some people seem to assume that being white means you must be racist, so they discriminate you for that.

As for doctors, I forgot about the neurologist who kept repeating "It's all in your head" and dismissed me by saying I should get some therapy. When I complained to my GP, she pulled up my history, and it turned out he wrote that he examined me and found nothing wrong. If by "examined" he meant that he saw me sit in front of him while he kept insulting me, then sure.

I've also been told several times that I "have many resources", which seems to be code for "you're so privileged already, you don't need anything".