This great new meme tumblr illustrates the concept of privilege in a highlarious and clever way. Stuff like this is really good cause there are plenty of people out there who regularly display similar examples of white/male/straight/middle class etc privilege without understanding either where this comes from or why it’s offensive. Not many people take too kindly to being called out on their displays of privilege, and will often react defensively against the suggestion that the stuff they are saying might just not be okay with an argument (sometimes on this very blog) that just makes you want to crack your head off a wall in despair at how some people just REFUSE TO LISTEN. Equally, they’re probably not all that interested in reading academic pieces on privilege.
But they might come across someone posting a Privilege Denying Dude somewhere, and realise what an arsehole he is. Also, a lot of internet memes are hopelessly misogynist, so it’s nice to see a little fightback. Spread it: http://privilegedenyingdude.tumblr.com/
For some theoretical guidance on how not to be a prick, also see: http://www.derailingfordummies.com/
I like this a lot.
I think this post about halfway down the first page says it well:
http://d.imagehost.org/0648/GALLOWLOL.jpg
http://b.imagehost.org/0595/GALLALUNION.jpg
LIAM T = LEGEND.
http://d.imagehost.org/0206/KYLIEGALLOW.jpg
CAPTAIN WADICAL IS MY FAVOURITE
The blog owner noticed we blogger this and was kind about us. Yay for nice people! Boo for Galloway..
never thought i’d see a hyperlink with KylieGalloway in it. I’m glad it’s happened.
Sarah, can you put the direct link for where they said something about us? I couldn’t see it?
http://privilegedenyingdude.tumblr.com/post/1584302788/privilege-denying-dude-is-trying-to-get-everyone-but
Bit of a shame for the random poser they’ve used for the image though (of course he could be a dick anyway). Enjoyed the ‘best unions’ GalLOLoway!
we had to take the pictures down because the person who owns the stock image used in the meme threatened us with legal action. the tumblr on which it originates has been deleted as well. what a loser – viva la creative commons licensing.
What a cock. The model should have recognised that he could put his smug face to good use for once to put down privilege denying arsehole’s, instead of going wah wah to his lawyer. The blog owner bought his image. If you don’t want your stock photo to be used, don’t model for stock photos.
That’s not a very socialist attitude Sarah. So you reckon that people who work as models should be subjected to abuse by random wiseacres then? Don’t people have a right not to be treated like that? I mean, how would you like to be the new face of Privilige Denial?
http://badnewswade.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/priviligedenyingdude-model.jpg
Lol. Are you the model? Maybe I’d accept that as a privileged white (possibly straight & middle class) male, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if my rubbish stock image pose was to be used in order to spread a positive message. If my picture made one person stop and realise ‘wait, I say that, I wonder why I ever thought that was acceptable, maybe I’ll tell my pal not to say that next time he tries’, it’d be totally worth it. If he’s a kind soul who accepts and tries to challenge the fact that his melanin level and cock n baws gives him unfair systemic advantages, he probably wouldn’t mind putting up with the odd embarrassing ‘hey aren’t you that guy from that meme? Well done for not being a dick and trying to get that site removed, thanks for playing a positive role’. And if he is a privilege denier, be that male white straight skinny whatever, then he’s a bellend and would deserve to be featured on the site anyway. Threatening legal action over an educational Internet is really, really pathetic.
This article is stupid one you are adding white which means you are racist to imply that only white people deny privelege when many other people are privelged in this society and others. Also you draW THE FAMILAR MALE SEXIST VIEW BUT SURELY WHITE WOMAN THAT ARE MIDDLE class are also privelged so i feel this is sexist. i have not come across many people that are privellege deniers as I also seem to find out how much money peoples clothes are during any conversation.
“i have not come across many people that are privellege deniers”
if you look in a mirror you’ll find one Pablo.
Btw, can we get the email address they sent us the threatening email to so we can send him a message about what a cock he is?
Jack it is of ones opinion that I am not a privelege dewnier I realise I am better off that many ohters in many countries in this world and that I am also better of than some of the people I grew up with and in Glasgow.
My point is this I come from the east end of Glasgow the most deprived area in Britain I have lived in both Easterhouse, Provanhall and also shettleston. These places are not places of privelege and most likely will never be. It is annoying that you blind yourself to inequality by the colour of someones skin or sexuality. There is such a thing as a poor white man in fact the socialist origins in Britain came from poor white men.
http://memegenerator.net/Privilege-Denying-Dude/ImageMacro/3917349/I-COME-FROM-THE-EAST-END-THEREFORE-SEXISM-AND-RACISM-DONT-EXIST
Yes there are poor white men. Fortunately for them though they have the privilege of not being attacked for the colour of their skin.
Poor white men who manage to avoid being in prison also have the privilege that they are very unlikely to be raped or sexually assaulted.
When will you get it into your head that just because you have male and white privilege doesn’t diminish the oppression you face as a working class person (presumably from an Irish background from what you’ve said, and therefore anti Irish racism as well.) No one is looking to deny that – but you seem to want to deny the fact that you have the privilege of not ever being a victim of sexism. You never will be, and it seems you will never understand that.