Why do some white people have a hard time understanding white privilege?

Ah yes! We should start a campaign to get 50 Cent, Dr Dre, Jay-Z, and P Diddy noticed.Oh wait, they all have larger fortunes than Eminem does.Still, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Kanye, LL Cool J, Pharrell, Akon, Will. I. Am and Nelly could probably do with our help.

This is slightly confounded by the fact that immigrants tend to be towards the bottom of the class system, and because they start out with less money, and have to start by settling in places which are themselves full of working class white people - and immigration has been the source of a lot of ethnic groups over the past 50+ years. However over time this changes and ethnic groups become evened out over the classes. A good example of this would be Jewish immigrants who are now mostly middle class. I know plenty of middle class black and asian (as in both chinese-asian and indian-asian) people, and they actually tend to have higher educational aspirations for their children (or if not aspirations then making them work hard! ) than your average working class white english person, which in turn gives the next generations a lot more social mobility. To be honest I think any race-class phenomenon is more to do with general problems facing all people with class in this country, as opposed to a particular race issue.

This is slightly confounded by the fact that immigrants tend to be towards the bottom of the class system, and because they start out with less money, and have to start by settling in places which are themselves full of working class white people - and immigration has been the source of a lot of ethnic groups over the past 50+ years. However over time this changes and ethnic groups become evened out over the classes. A good example of this would be Jewish immigrants who are now mostly middle class. I know plenty of middle class black and asian (as in both chinese-asian and indian-asian) people, and they actually tend to have higher educational aspirations for their children (or if not aspirations then making them work hard! ) than your average working class white english person, which in turn gives the next generations a lot more social mobility. To be honest I think any race-class phenomenon is more to do with general problems facing all people with class in this country, as opposed to a particular race issue.

For Rap music, people tend to go for people they can identify with. The US in white in majority and these rappers have a big success in the white community there. This has an influence in who wins the awards or not. Macklemore felt that Kendrick Lamar got robbed during the 56th Grammy awards.
Your attempt at irony is poor. You say 50 Cent and so on have bigger fortunes than Eminem. Yeah, a lot of them have stopped making music to become entrepreneurs instead hence the reason why they make so much money.

For Rap music, people tend to go for people they can identify with. The US in white in majority and these rappers have a big success in the white community there. This has an influence in who wins the awards or not. Macklemore felt that Kendrick Lamar got robbed during the 56th Grammy awards.
Your attempt at irony is poor. You say 50 Cent and so on have bigger fortunes than Eminem. Yeah, a lot of them have stopped making music to become entrepreneurs instead hence the reason why they make so much money.

Eminem is one of my favourite rappers, because he speaks about his life, what he's gone through, and every song he makes doesn't talk about "bitches and hoes" and it doesn't mention the n word 50 times a minute either.

Hmm, very true. I certainly don't remember seeing Eminem doing anything else, like acting in films.

Neither does he run his own radio channel, record label, clothing company or game developer, as far as I'm aware.

If you can find a single top-earning rapper that doesn't do anything apart from rapping, I will be impressed. Even Tupac got into acting and he died aged 25.

Eminem acknowledges the fact that white rappers shouldn't say the n word. Not every black rapper uses the n word "50 times a minute", take Childish Gambino for example or Wutang Clan.
"Bitches and hoes"... Maybe he doesn't talk about them as sexual objects but boy does he talk about murdering and hitting his mother and ex-partner

Hmm, very true. I certainly don't remember seeing Eminem doing anything else, like acting in films.

Neither does he run his own radio channel, record label, clothing company or game developer, as far as I'm aware.

If you can find a single top-earning rapper that doesn't do anything apart from rapping, I will be impressed. Even Tupac got into acting and he died aged 25.

Eminem acknowledges the fact that white rappers shouldn't say the n word. Not every black rapper uses the n word "50 times a minute", take Childish Gambino for example or Wutang Clan.
"Bitches and hoes"... Maybe he doesn't talk about them as sexual objects but boy does he talk about murdering and hitting his mother and ex-partner

Course, that was an exagerration. Akala is also pretty good, and he's Black... And this could perhaps be true, but he doesn't really do it as much as the others. See the ones I posted above. Those are quite famous, unlike say.. "PIMP" by 50 cent

Wu Tang

Bad example there in fairness, they are hardcore Hip-Hop.

Wait, "he doesn't really do it as much as the others"? Have you really listened to the Slim Shady LP?
I do love "Toy Soldiers" Good memories of my dad playing it in the car

Course, that was an exagerration. Akala is also pretty good, and he's Black... And this could perhaps be true, but he doesn't really do it as much as the others. See the ones I posted above. Those are quite famous, unlike say.. "PIMP" by 50 centJedanselemyia, "It aint about black or white. We all human"[video="youtube;Do5MMmEygsY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do5MMmEygsY[/video]

How dare you even quote my man Tupac!

Fair enough, however his new rap with Rihanna kinda shows hes probably bipolar tbh...Like Shady was a thing of the past. He's not like that any more. I guess I've only actually really come across his "nice" raps tbh! Aside from "Real slim shady" but that isn't even too bad

Because he's another one rapper that I really quite like.

I guess but still. He's gone mainstream like others to appeal more like 50 Cent who was featured in a Maroon 5 song...
Probably, seems like you were selective
Um, listen '97 Bonnie & Clyde?



'kay, you have good taste in rap music then

Maybe. Huh, Ive never actually heard of that. Looking it up now. And thanks