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Levittown housing developments -example of wide spread post war racism.

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  • #16
    Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post
    Earned reward? The criteria for earning the reward was being a white veteran. If you are a black veteran you do not earn the reward, This is classic white privilege.
    No. It may be discrimination but it's not privilege.

    Are you actually say that being eligible to be house is an earned reward for being white?
    The houses were not rewards for being white. They were rewards for being VETERANS. That not all veterans were rewarded does not suddenly make it a privilege.
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    • #17
      Originally posted by Darth Executor View Post
      The houses were not rewards for being white. They were rewards for being VETERANS. That not all veterans were rewarded does not suddenly make it a privilege.
      A slight change: The houses were not rewards for being veterans. They were rewards for being WHITE. That not all whites were rewarded does not suddenly make it a privilege.

      Same argument, different emphasis.

      The benefit was granted to white veterans, and not granted to non-white veterans, white non-veterans or non-white non-veterans.
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