1. One of the hidden benefits of WASP privilege is you never feel collective ethnic shame of the "shande far di goyim" variety.
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@HeerJeet We barely even acknowledge the group exists. First rule of White Club. -
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9. After Wall Street crash of 1929, you didn't hear WASPs saying, "man, we really screwed the pooch on that one."
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10. WASP privilege (and more broadly white privilege) is privilege of being seen as an individual & not as a representative of a group.
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@HeerJeet isn't that WASP crisis of confidence basically the theme of Metropolitan? -
@BuzzFeedBen Great movie but I feel that that crisis of confidence is based on Whit Stillman's self-doubts, not actual social fact. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Americans with any sensitivity feel collective national guilt/shame over Vietnam, slavery, genocide of natives, the Bushes... -
@davidlasky Yeah, but that's a little different. As Canadian I feel shame over Native genocide as well, but that's national, not ethnic. - Show replies
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