Excellent points Marcy.
I believe the “white privilege” phenomenon, as one social media person observed, is as of result of (whether or not true) Michael Brown shoplifting accusations taking on a new life; and the youth were merely stating in criminal situations, they have experienced a privilege from cops, that possibly in their minds a black person would not have.
It could be simply away of them reflecting, criminal labelling, bias.
On the other note: in regards to the Snowden pic, I actually preferred a white woman of some Libertarian substance, purely as a social media marketing opportunity; which was all settled with all the wonderful diverse images, that went on onto the page.
I think its eventually the issue how perception of race and race issues themself, will make us all the laughing stock of future generations; because instead of solely be concerned with mankind in general, we must take into consideration, the real intelligence level of many in the social media; like how quickly Mike Brown went from pure villain to a solid symbol of all that’s wrong with race in America, all due to the instantaneous power of this growing social media.
That was and is my point of Libertarians entering Facebook. “Nothing is true over the net” so a rock solid foundation of a historic organization can be crumbled in a matter of a week, similar to how Mike Brown image was rebuilt. All the rules of understanding empathy are being shifted by social media; which is to say, by the new world order of youth: who, if they continuously post to the world, “white privilege” is the reason for other races being criminally labeled, then all the previous logic thoroughly researched, be damn; because like how tv of the past ruled the minds of many, social media today is two billion Facebook times stronger.
I’ll end with one powerful example: a single pic of a hundred or so standing with handwritten signs at the Eiffel Tower that read “I can’t breath” therefore no matter what opinions there are of the grand jury decision, the world feels Eric Garner was choked to death. Now, should such mean lovers (like myself)of what the Libertarian cause really stand for, should take additional consideration in the wording of what one post, idk.