That's because it's a lame reference to one of Eminem's most famous songs, which includes the lyrics "There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti."
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GasBandit
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20 years ago, Eminem starred in a movie called 8 mile, the theme for which was a rap called "Lose Yourself" of his own creation, which was about the main character, played by himself. There was a lyric in that song that went "He's nervous, palms are sweaty, vomit on his sweater already, Mom's spaghetti," which has since ascended into memehood.
Trump meeting Harvey Weinstein.
Oh, shit. You think a pardon is coming?
No way, Weinstein is part of the Hollywood elite.
Considering that's an 2009 Toyota Corolla (or there about), I'd say they just like the "irony" of having the losing stickers as opposed to actually backing all those candidates (not to mention crossing party lines every other election). I like that they hunted down reprints from earlier elections. Person's got a good sense of humor.Oh man, there's backing the wrong horse, and then there's this guy.
The losermobile would have had chrome plated steel bumpers, not fiberglass.
Except for the logo on the cuff, that cartoon is pretty much applicable to all of Europe, too.
And the U.S.
I'm not entirely convinced taxreform in the US is even aiming at the Rich at the moment.
Fair point. Does it count if they do a really bad job of lying about it?
Given that recent clusterfuck with taxing employee discounts, it's sad how accurate this is. The longer Trudeau is in office, the less I like him. And I wasn't really a fan of him to begin with.
Hint: it was never aimed at the rich in the first place. The target/apple may have been there, but who's to say they were ever aiming at it?
GasBandit
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So no matter how poor his circumstances, or how hard he worked and sacrificed, it's all thanks to white privilege, and that needs to be pointed out whenever a white person thinks they achieved something. Thanks, got it.
That's an impressive missing of the point. I'd be super snarky, but I'm trying to be less "charlie-like" as you put it.
Anywhom, I'm not defending the person in yellow (assuming this is even real). Like I said, they're an asshole, and their comments are uncalled for.
The point is more that if there was a black person in the same circumstances, they'd be even worse off. That's white privilege. No one thinks Will Smith's kids struggled more than this guy.
figmentPez
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Explain it to us. Explain to us exactly how being white gets you into Yale when you have none of the systematic advantages that are characteristic of White Privilege (i.e. a parent who is an alum, the financial privilege to be able to study and participate in extra-cirricular activities without having to work enough to support one's-self., going to a school in an affluent neighborhood, etc.) What part of White Privilege is what gave her an advantage over all the other students applying to Yale?[DOUBLEPOST=1508368865,1508368431][/DOUBLEPOST]
That's part of white privilege. Assuming that admission officers at Yale are more likely to choose a white sounding name over a black sounding name, given equal application forms. And assuming that the teachers at the school Yellow went to were more encouraging of a white student hoping to get into Yale than they would be of a black student seeking the same thing. And assuming that Yellow lives in an area where she was able to get better jobs because she's white, and thus had an easier time working her way through school. And assuming that... etc.
Except for the guy in red. And a whole bunch of Tumblr. And a lot other people who have no idea that White Privilege is a bunch of factors, and not just some blanket aura that glows around all white people equally.
The point here is that Yellow worked fucking hard despite having a really shitty life and that it's awful to even bring up white privilege in this circumstance since it's impossible to know exactly how much it factored into her specific circumstances.
ETHNICITY%
American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
Asian 21%
Black or African-American 10%
Hispanic of any race 10%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 1%
White 72%
Race/ethnicity unknown 2%
-- from Yale Facts. Yale clearly prefers White and Asian students to students of other ethnic groups.
That being said, the person in yellow is an asshole who is wrong to apply it in this case.
White privilege doesn't mean you don't struggle. It means you don't have extra difficulties caused by being white. And that's not really applicable to the situation.
American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
Asian 21%
Black or African-American 10%
Hispanic of any race 10%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 1%
White 72%
Race/ethnicity unknown 2%
-- from Yale Facts. Yale clearly prefers White and Asian students to students of other ethnic groups.
That being said, the person in yellow is an asshole who is wrong to apply it in this case.
White privilege doesn't mean you don't struggle. It means you don't have extra difficulties caused by being white. And that's not really applicable to the situation.
The point is more that yellow guy appears to believe that only white people are chosen to attend Yale.
The only reason white people realize any sort of advantage is because there are more white people in the traditional positions of power. There is no such thing as "white privilege." There is only "majority privilege."
Also, black people have been attending (and graduating!) from Yale since at least the mid-19th century.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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You're misusing a statistic as proof of intent, and it does a good job of illustrating the conflicting views of equality - some people think that inequality of result is evidence of inequality of opportunity, which also starts from the flawed premise that equality of outcome regardless of all other considerations is a desirable goal.
We especially can't use these statistics without knowing the breakdown of applicants (not just ethnicity, but also qualifications) and not just successful admissions. But it might also help put things in context if we note that (with the exception of Asians) the admissions results are pretty close to the percentage breakdown of the United States population as a whole, or at least as the census said it was in 2010. In both Harvard admissions and the US at large, whites make up 72%.
Well for one, they probably had a white teacher. Students do better when the teacher matches their race.
They also worked to support themselves. Its harder for a black teenager to get a job than a white teenager.
They got scholarships. Despite how people complain about scholarships specifically for minorities, white people get more scholarship money.
This doesn't mean they didn't work hard. This doesn't mean what yellow said was ok at all. It just means that they had advantages due to their race. Benefiting from white privilege doesn't make you a bad person. You should just use the advantages you have to try to help those without the privileges you do.
One of the reasons such a high percentage of white people voted for Trump was that white people who had to earn what they got felt like they were being shit on for no reason. This Facebook post is a pretty good example of that. White priviledge is a thing, but parading around acting like white people can ONLY succeed because of it is completely ridiculous and spits in the face of a lot of people.
I'm confused because those percentages add up to more than 100%?