Students Learn A Powerful Lesson About Privilege

With a recycling bin and some scrap paper.

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[turicaederynmab]

It's not about how close you are to the bin, it's how good your aim is.

[Thoughtso]

This isn't really about race... It's more about class. Of course someone from a wealthy family will have a better shot at life than someone from a poor family. Simple as that.

[Lumilan]

I thought it was going to be about the students in the back lifting up their chair and moving it closer, showing that with hard work and determination you can move through the social classes. 

[danielegelund]

"Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well." - Jack London

[HoboHunterRik]

If the ones in the back weren't skilled enough to make it then they don't deserve to

[RedDeadEnthusiast]

I would have just pulled my desk up to the front of the room, next to the bin. He said "You have to be in your chair." He didn't say where the chair had to be.

[GoblinAttacForce]

Good thing buzz feed didn’t try this with my class because no one would want to be in the front they will all want to be in the back to see who has a better throw.

[scrambie]

All that wasted paper over an analogy? Well, that's privilege for you.

[dracoandhermione]

No lie we did this in my class. I was sat at the back row and I threw the paper and it hit the wall and fell into the bin while people in the front row missed. Guess I'm privileged by having good aim?

[destinyawaitsx]

Did not say you could move your desk to the front! I'm getting into the motherfucking upper class!

[JohnnyYK]

The sjw's in the comment section please don't go any further it's not worth it I barley got out with my sanity intact 😖 save yourself😖

[kimilynP]

It's hilarious how in the comments you can tell who has the most privilege... (Hint: They're the ones who are completely lacking in self-awareness.)

[justinbrideau]

An invalid analogy. The students who were in the front probably, for the most part, put in extra effort to get those seats. They got there earlier on purpose so they could get those seats, meanwhile the rest of the class didn't put any effort into getting better seats. It wasn't random who got the seats, just like in real life.

[tannerarmstrong]

I wonder how many people from the middle/back rows spent so much time complaining about the fairness that they forgot to throw their paper.

[gargola]

Ohhhh, im sorry, are you upset you live in a capitalist country? Too bad, you won't acomplish anything by whining, instead you should work to acomplish what you want.

[governmentscheisse]

I think more white people would accept and admit that they have white privilege if they better understood what white privilege is. It doesn't mean you have an easy life. It doesn't mean you come from a rich family and everything is handed to you. Do not let the "privilege" part of "white privilege" make you think it's talking about ALL privileges. White privilege is SPECIFICALLY about the privileges you SPECIFICALLY get for being white. Some examples include not having to worry about racism, being denied a job, being denied assistance, having cops treat you differently, not having people in general treat you differently, not being followed around stores, and various other things of the like. Admitting you have white privilege isn't a bad thing so I don't get why people treat it as such. I'm white and I have white privilege. I've never been followed around a store, I've never had to hide my name because it might seem "too ethnic", I've never had anyone make fun of me for my skin color, I've never been mistreated by the cops... See, my world didn't end! I'm still alive, admitting my white privilege didn't kill me!

And don't get confused, people of color can have privilege too! People seem to think that people are saying ONLY white people can have privilege, which isn't true. A rich black man has rich privilege over a poor white man (and the white man has white privilege over the black man). An able-bodied Hispanic woman has privilege over a disabled white woman (and the white woman has white privilege over the Hispanic woman). These are all things our society has granted us as different people. Just accept your privilege, whatever it may be, and try to help those who don't have the same privileges as you.

[MondoTheAlien]

Out of all the things that didn't happen this didn't happen the most

[basquiatvigil]

my teacher made us do this. i just remember laughing at the kid in the front who didn't make it.

[gabriellekorngut]

"Why do I have to learn geometry? So I can recognise if someone's part of the illuminati?"

[jasondownsnet]

So what is wrong with this system? In fact, to make it even more accurate....every kid in the front who misses moves back a row. Kids in the back who make it, move forward a row. So the truly gifted rise to the top and can pass their rewards to their family until their offspring can't sustain it and brighter more gifted people rise and move to the front rows.