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A quote about white privilege from Dr. Jordan Peterson from the University of Toronto:
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In any debate on any issue, either oneB次元官网网址檚 argument is good or it is bad. This has nothing to do with oneB次元官网网址檚 melanin, genitalia, sex or sexuality. This concept of B次元官网网址渨hite privilegeB次元官网网址� is what leads to racist practices such as black-only graduations and housing at U.S. universities. Life is about choices and personal responsibility, not B次元官网网址渨hite privilegeB次元官网网址� that, when internalized, leads to a permanent victim class that cannot accept responsibility for their own decisions. Two actual privileges are first, being born into a two parent household and secondly, being born in any Western liberal democracy with their emphasis on human and individual rights.
If the Western liberal democracies like Canada and the U.S. are such racist places, why do people from other countries want to immigrate to the West? Of course there are racists in Canada, the U.S., Great Britain, Australia, etc. But the actual truth is that these countries are the most tolerant, least racist, least sexist, least homophobic, multi-ethnic countries on earth.
Grant Giles
Victoria
