&quot;But rights depend upon &#x27;personal sentiment or arbitrary morals&#x27; all the time. Who I rent out my upstairs room to - I&#x27;ll decide. Which clubs I join; what movie theatres I frequent. And these things have economic&#x2F;social impact beyond me - the theatre will close if it doesn&#x27;t show movies acceptable to a large enough population etc.&quot;<p>Economics doesn&#x27;t factor into law. SCOTUS on the matter of Equal Protection has already spoken so economies adjust to legal realities (not vice versa).<p>&quot;So we argue about &#x27;privilege&#x27; like that can make a difference. Its at root, the majority vs minorities. The game will always be slanted toward the majority, because free market etc.&quot;<p>Privilege in racism is the concept that you and I based on our ethnicity can take certain conditions for granted. For example, I&#x27;m white so I rarely feel need to change my behavior when a police patrol car passes me on the road but a person of color is acutely aware of the situation and must act above&#x2F;beyond what the well adjusted citizen should act (more polite, more timid). Privilege is the freedom to not notice a power disparity since you have all the power or the social norms in your favor to acquire it. Markets don&#x27;t factor into it either. Markets are the affect of social orders not their cause.<p>&quot;We have folks making up rules on every side; inventing new words and theories and constructs. And shouting down folks from other viewpoints. Its all designed to impede real dialog.&quot;<p>Okay, I&#x27;m not going too mean here but do you realize that POC aren&#x27;t a position of power, right? If I get caught with a blunt I&#x27;m more likely to get a slap on the wrist since I&#x27;m white versus a person of color who may get a judge who&#x27;ll throw the book at them. Just by being white I have a statistically better chance of lesser sentence for just about any crime.<p>Just because POC say mean things to you on Twitter or to your face doesn&#x27;t equate being shouted down. They (and you) have a right to not associate nor to consider any ideas if they (and you) so wish. So, please don&#x27;t assume the &quot;truth is the middle.&quot; It&#x27;s time for people to just accept that the truth in this matter be it racial equality or LGBT (emphasis on the T imo) rights is very clear. The only debate should be on how best to handle the injustices in question.