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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: I've 'experienced enormous amounts of white privilege'
2019-07-16
How nice for her.
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
...Machine non-entity selected to become the successor to Hillary Clinton as Senatrix-for-Life from Noo Yawk. She is running for the Dem presidential nomination in 2020. She has no observable principles, will apparently say anything to anyone, and seemingly lacks any personality of her own....
teared up in front of a crowd of progressives after admitting that she benefitted in her life from "enormous amounts of white privilege."

During the Netroots Nation conference in Philadelphia over the weekend, the New York senator told a story about a poor, white mother she recently met in Youngstown, Ohio, who couldn’t understand the concept of "white privilege."

"This conversation about white privilege is so important because what she doesn’t see is that as her son grows older, as my sons grow older, there’s going to be moments in his life that his whiteness protects him," she said, according to a video posted by the Washington Examiner.

"His whiteness changes how he’s treated. When he walks down a street in a hoodie with a bag of M&Ms in his pocket, he won’t be shot," she continued, choking back tears. "When her son’s car breaks down and he needs help and walks to someone’s home and knocks on the door, he’s not going to be shot. When her son applies for a job, he’s not going to be discriminated against because of the color of his skin.
He obviously lives nowhere near Atlanta.
"Now as a white woman, who has certainly experienced enormous amounts of white privilege, I travel with a staff member who is black, and I see how she’s being treated differently when we walk into a hotel. I’ve seen it, and it infuriates me," Ms. Gillibrand said, her voice shaking. "So if I don’t understand that it is my responsibility to lift up her voice, to lift up the voices of black and brown Americans every day, then I’m not doing my job as a U.S. senator and I’m not doing my job as a presidential candidate. And that is my responsibility."

Posted by:Fred

#12  Your position built upon the sacrifices of those who went before you are not privilege. It was their actions and choices that permit you to enjoy being a one percenter of history and this world. It was the failures and choices of those predecessors of the 99 percenters that crippled or destroy the future for so many others. Do not punish success and reward failure for you will have more of the latter than the former for your futures.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-07-16 20:52  

#11  At least we know that Kyrsten Sinema won't be making the same claim because she's a lesbain.
Posted by: gorb   2019-07-16 14:40  

#10  It's not white privilege so much as privilege privilege. Like buying admission for your kids into higher tier colleges.
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-07-16 14:03  

#9  So feel guilty and go away if you exploited your white privilege. It does not mean everyone is as cheap and easy as you. Another attention whore looking for the spotlight.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-07-16 13:37  

#8  Please vote for me black people, I will give you stuff....
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2019-07-16 11:31  

#7  Sounds rather arrogant of you. Are Black and Brown people incapable of "lifting up" their own voices?

Did you get that gig from Uncle Al...or the Rev. Jesse??
Posted by: AlanC   2019-07-16 08:27  

#6  Sorry, dear, but it's more sympathy for the retarded than any kind of "privilege".
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-07-16 08:18  

#5  And we have earned every bit of it bitch.
Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442   2019-07-16 06:32  

#4  Is privilege a euphemism for a certain white confidence building powder?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-07-16 06:21  

#3  Somebody please shoot her son and give her some peace of mind.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-07-16 01:01  

#2  She makes it sound like something you ingest, or snort.
Hey babe: was it good $hit?
Posted by: Lex   2019-07-16 00:36  

#1  Then Kirsten is overdue being kicked to the curb.
Posted by: Kofi Thremp9877   2019-07-16 00:15  

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