What you’re thinking of is ‘majority privilege’ not ‘white’ privilege. A white person would experience the same things elsewhere in the world. It’s natural for communities to want some sense of normalcy and to strive for most of their populace to conform. And “cis” being the default state of things is why you were born in the first place to spout these stupid shitty ideas. You come from a long long line of cis-gendered people. Being straight is the default. It will always BE the default. It’s a requirement for the survival of the species.
This is an interesting discussion, because my understanding of “whiteness” suggests that it isn’t limited to anglos. It’s more of a bias in favor of lighter or fairer skinned individuals in any and all cultures. I believe it’s due to the expectation that darker skinned individuals work outside for a living (e.g. the fields), whereas lighter skinned individuals have less sun exposure due to not needing to work outdoors (due to wealth).
This occurs in numerous societies around the globe. In areas where darker complexions are rather common (africa, india), skin lightening treatments are apparently quite popular.
There’s some truth to your statement (such as white farmers in south africa having their land repossessed post apartheid), but i think it’s a more complex bias than most realize.
Stop this racist, sexist, heterophobic thinking.
What you’re thinking of is ‘majority privilege’ not ‘white’ privilege. A white person would experience the same things elsewhere in the world. It’s natural for communities to want some sense of normalcy and to strive for most of their populace to conform. And “cis” being the default state of things is why you were born in the first place to spout these stupid shitty ideas. You come from a long long line of cis-gendered people. Being straight is the default. It will always BE the default. It’s a requirement for the survival of the species.
Three different arguments against that:
Why wouldn’t bi people be the “default”?
Who says the survival of the species needs to be the standard by which we decide what is default?
You’re ignoring technology like artificial wombs. Assuming technology continues to advance, I could see the population thriving even if 100% were gay.
This is an interesting discussion, because my understanding of “whiteness” suggests that it isn’t limited to anglos. It’s more of a bias in favor of lighter or fairer skinned individuals in any and all cultures. I believe it’s due to the expectation that darker skinned individuals work outside for a living (e.g. the fields), whereas lighter skinned individuals have less sun exposure due to not needing to work outdoors (due to wealth).
This occurs in numerous societies around the globe. In areas where darker complexions are rather common (africa, india), skin lightening treatments are apparently quite popular.
There’s some truth to your statement (such as white farmers in south africa having their land repossessed post apartheid), but i think it’s a more complex bias than most realize.
Let’s do, indeed, stop with the racism and sexism, and heterophobia, I think, is not the thing most people who argue against Cis privilege encompass.
Honestly, sounds to me like YOU need to have a default more than nature does.