It’s time to stop guilt tripping white people

Well this article nailed one thing "apathy". I just don't give a shit anymore. College burned me out with preaching about diversity and the media and SJW's are burning me out on hearing about this shit. As a white male that grew up poor and has paid for everything I own and struggled to finish an undergrad (which left me in debt), I do not feel privileged. I feel tired... and I'm only 34. So now I am a selfish bastard that only cares about the needs of my family.

This sounds awfully like #NotAllMen but for s/sexism/racism/

This is attacking a straw man. People aren't trying to guilt-trip white people, although guilt is a negative, unintended side-effect of the real effort.

The real effort is for white people to understand their privilege. The article addresses this:

> not all white people are majestically privileged

This is simply untrue. There were explicitly, literally racist federal housing policies until only a few decades ago. Law enforcement is still racist. For example, more black people are arrested for drug use than white people, even though all races use drugs at roughly the same rate.

The degree to which white people are privileged varies a lot, and some white people are genuinely not benefiting at all from their privilege. Society should do something about that. Solutions for black people should serve people of all races.

White people shouldn't be guilt tripped, but they shouldn't argue that they don't have automatic advantages from being white, either.