Comments on: On the “Why Can’t Whites Have a White Student Union?” Question

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:27:16 +0000

White student unions are unnecessary because the entire world is already a white (student) union. White privilege ensures that white people are organized, well-connected, make up a majority of the students at American universities, and hardly ever have to accommodate to another group by altering their speech, dress, personal point of view, etc.
BSUs, queer student unions, women’s student unions, etc. all fill an important void in American culture – the unification, and thus power (“the ___ united will never be defeated”) of a generally disenfranchised group.

By: Angus Johnston

Angus Johnston — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:36:51 +0000

Yep. Exactly. And you’re right — the whole “if black people can say that word, why can’t white people?” thing works the same way. I’ve had that conversation, too.

Thanks for stopping by. Glad you like the blog.

By: Leon Rogers

Leon Rogers — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:54:46 +0000

Found your blog via Twitter. Good blog BTW

This idea of white people wanting White Student Unions goes back to white people’s sense of entitlement. An idea that they should be able to do everything that everyone else does. Sorry white folks. You can’t have a student union, you can’t say n*gga, Asian people are not going to change their names to something you can pronounce, and people who speak another language are not required to speak english around you.

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