JMHO Loc: Utah

Clear people have it made!

A cultural competency workshop" offered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has determined that flesh colored band-aids are just another example of white privilege.

This conclusion came by way of a segment of the workshop that surveyed the different aspects of white privilege and its pervasiveness in society. In fact, the "white privilege survey" found that said privilege "is more powerful than other types of benefits afforded by society."

Campus Reform pulled this from the survey:

I can choose blemish cover or bandages in "flesh" color and have them more or less match the color of my skin.

Then the student must mark a number between zero and five to represent the t***hfulness of that statement to their life.

But band-aids aren't the only way to tell if one benefits from white skin, according to the workshop. If you can turn on the television and see your race prominently or buy magazines that predominantly feature your race AND it is "positively represented," then you are experiencing white privilege.

Here's another good one noted by CR: "One oddly phrased statement asserts that swearing, wearing hand-me-downs, or not handling correspondences in a timely manner without r****t consequences is a privilege."

Another activity in the workshop helps determine the "Hidden Rules of Class," which reads like a stand-up comedian's routine, as in, "You might've grown up in poverty if you:"

- Can find the best rummage sales.

- Get around without a car.

- Move in half a day.

- Or entertain friends with just personality and stories.

Because, really, there's no way anybody could do those things without growing up poor.

T***hRevolt would like to take this moment to apologize for our privilege as the background to our site is mostly white. We are sorry if anyone is offended. If you'd like, please rate how offended you are on a scale from zero to five in the comments below.

http://www.t***hrevolt.org/news/flesh-colored-band-aids-are-white-privilege-says-race-survey

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

Black bandaids for Negros. What a concept. Time to cash in on this money maker.

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no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Gee what do the Disney design Band Aids represent? Left coast values perhaps?

PaulPisces Loc: San Francisco

While I'm not certain flesh-colored bandaids are exactly a tool of white privilege, I'm actually surprised businesses haven't offered ones that more closely represent the skin of people of color. Makes sense to me.

I myself like to use the ones I found in a gift shop that are printed to look like a strip of bacon.

:)

L8erToots

I've seen clear ones, but the pad is still white (I guess gauze is white privilege too).
As for the bacon strips (my kids fav too), now you're offending Muslims!
:shock: :mrgreen:

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Well... that may offend the yellow b****s, the light skinned b****s, and those who are dark in the summer and pale in the winter.... just give them some superglue.... that was what it was first designed to do...close up cuts!

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Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

WTF! All blood is red.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

Red band aids then. :thumbup:

jaydee

Well goodness son, if you really wanted to be smart you would go in to business making black band aids and make a million your first year. You donkey brain. Capitalism works.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

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elk6x6 Loc: In the bushes by your house.

Black Band aids have been around for years, it's called electrician tape. Just add gauze.

Louie27 Loc: Peoria, AZ

No need to use gauze. The tape works very well on cuts on the fingers. Better than iodine. Used that black tape for many years to heal those cuts.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

I dunno about bandaids, but gauze bandages for bleeding wounds are white for a reason. Evidence of seepage, infections, and such is readily apparent. Even with your basic bandaid, the pad that directly covers the wound is WHITE. Yeah, I know, I'm a r****t.