Should White Privilege Cards be sold on Military Installations?

[littlemissmartypants]

Should White Privilege Cards be sold on Military Installations?
by bison
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Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 5:25:13p EDT

Selling ‘White Privilege Cards’ on-base:

[This is the language on the back. I had to do a screenshot of a picture someone sent me and transcribe it because I couldn't post the picture.

WP
This card grants its bearer happiness and
success because it's the color of your skin
and not the choices you make that
determine your abilities to be successful.
WP]

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Undermining Military Neutrality, Cohesion, and Core Values

Yesterday felt like another gut-punch to American ideals. At Fort Bragg, President Trump turned what should have been a nonpartisan address to the troops into a full-blown campaign rally, lacing it with digs at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom while branding immigration an “invasion.” Soldiers in uniform cheered the most incendiary lines, a scene that blurred the line between civilian politics and the apolitical military tradition the nation counts on.

Then the news got uglier. Reporters on the base discovered pop-up tables hawking MAGA gear—among the flags and hats, a plastic wallet insert reading “White Privilege Card: Trump.” The card’s success and happiness flow automatically to its bearer by white skin supposedly “linked” to Trump. Letting that kind of merchandise onto a military installation is more than tone-deaf; it’s dangerous.

Why does the White Privilege Card have no place on a U.S. base?

1. It violates military neutrality.
DoD rules prohibit partisan, inflammatory sales on the post; the display alone undermines the Army’s hard-won image of political impartiality.
2. It insults the ranks.
For service members of color—or anyone who’s worn the flag to help dismantle racism—this “gag” feels like a slap. It glorifies privilege, stokes division, and poisons unit cohesion.

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[Duncanpup]

1. A disgrace.

[pazzyanne]

9. Absolutely!!!

[yardwork]

2. My contempt for this is beyond words.

[malaise]

3. Overt racism

That is all

[maxrandb]

4. Save the video

The next CinC, SECDEF and CJCS should "jerk a knot in the ass" of every last one of those jeering assclowns.

[Skittles]

5. disgusting

the military is suppose to serve America and her people, not that fucking fascist dictator-wannabe POS Trump

they DISGRACED themselves

[Irish_Dem]

6. Despicable. Military should be ashamed for allowing it.

Such material is a threat to combat readiness and mission success.

Every single person is critical in combat to complete the mission.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Deplorable and disgusting.

[sestina]

8. The show of depravity

from this administration never ends.

[luvallpeeps]

10. It's the color of your skin?

So these losers admit it’s not the content of their character. They admit they ain’t shit without their whiteness. How pathetic. They haven’t the sense to be ashamed. This pisses me off, yet it reinforces my belief that racists are pussies at heart.

[Biophilic]

11. Ah, I think it's a parody card.

Tasteless, but intended to be satirical and make fun of the concept of white privilege.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Unfortunately, it's exactly one of the items that were for sale

At the Fort Liberty/Bragg event. A friend sent me a picture of the front and back of the card that was for sale.

I then searched for articles with additional information.

This was what I found with a picture of the front only of the same card he sent me the picture of from the base.

So, it's definitely real.

[Biophilic]

15. Oh, I understand the card's real.

But it seems to me to be designed to make fun of the whole idea of white privilege. But, you know, it’s possible that we are past the time of parody and satire. Children are running the show. And, of course, none of that shit should have been for sale on a US military base.

[elduge]

28. trolling march

it is satiric, but seems much more likely they intended it as a fuck you to non whites. I can't imagine the trump folks would be making fun of white privilege, they totally feel deserving of white privilege and support it completely. it seems to me to be a way to make those of color feel second rate and rub their faces in it. just more red meat for trumps most rabid followers.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. I don't believe that fascists and racists are intelligent or deep enough to understand what

Parody is, by the way.

[Biophilic]

16. Well, I certainly agree with you on that point.

[paleotn]

21. It's not necessarily lack of intelligence, although that does play a part for some.

Many get the parody. But it's effect is lost when they think white privilege is perfectly ducky. They wonder why we have such a problem with what they view as a perfectly legitimate way to look at the world. That's why it's so hard to get through to them.

[Maru Kitteh]

29. You need to understand how white nationalists

communicate. Irony and sarcasm are god. It is their highest currency. This card is both their calling card and their beard.

[Vinca]

14. I had no idea that's what the stupid card meant. It shouldn't be sold anywhere. It's shocking.

[BoRaGard]

17. Republicon a-holery extreme

[70sEraVet]

18. I realize that those cards are the most objectionable pieces of merch

But the idea that ANY political merchandise are being sold on a military base is absolutely outrageous!
Trump is salivating over the idea that our military BELONGS to HIM -- like the troops of a warlord, or a Cartel kingpin!

[Montauk6]

19. Just what UhMURKKKa needs...

A Troll-Industrial Complex... smgdh

[Doctoris Extincti]

20. DOD FORM IMT WFI, APRIL 2009 -- Hurt Feelings Report

https://www.armywriter.com/DoD_FORM_IMT_WF11.pdf

A similar "DoD form" was widely posted on an Army installation where I was working in the early 2000s

Likely by the same sort of people who later were "Tea Partiers" and are now "MAGA"

The "form" begins with the required statements of Authority, Purpose and Use e.g.

PRINCIPAL PURPOSE: To assist whiners in documenting hurt feelings, and to provide leaders with a list of soldiers who require additional counseling, NCO leadership, and extra duty.

< SNIP >

And concludes with the notice that

We, as the Air Force, takes hurt feelings seriously. If you don't have someone who can give you a hug and make things all better, please let us know and we will promptly dispatch a "hugger" to you ASAP. In the event we are unable to find a "hugger" we will notify the Fire Department and request that they send fire personnel to your location. If you are in need of supplemental support, upon written request, we will make every reasonable effort to provide you with a "blankey", a "binky" and/or a bottle if you so desire.

Funny? Possibly Yes. Moreso definitely NO!

[spanone]

22. Fuck that shit.

[raging moderate]

23. People who call themselves "White" are living in fantasy.

I am a very pale person, but my skin is not white. I was a public school speech therapist, long ago, in a very small town in Illinois. Some Black children suddenly moved into town, and one of them needed speech therapy. One day, his session ended and he left the room, as some other children entered for a new session. One of them sneered at him behind his back and the others giggled. So I put a piece of white paper on the pale brown table, and I asked, "What color is the table, kids?" "Brown!" "What color is the paper?" "White!" "Everybody, put a hand on the paper." We all put a hand on the paper, and I asked pointedly, "What color are your hands?" They all looked shocked. I said, "See, our hands are the same color as the table. We are NOT white." After a moment of silence, one of the boys quivered, "My Mommy is white." I just raised my eyebrows at him silently. Then I said, "Come on, let's play today's speech game." People who call themselves white are living in a ridiculous delusion.

[littlemissmartypants]

24. Thanks so much for sharing this, raging moderate. ❤️

[raging moderate]

25. You are welcome!

I sometimes wonder if somebody could build a fortune by selling a bunch of little mirrors that would attach to the wrist, so these "white" narcissists could kiss their pretty "white" faces often enough to satisfy themselves.

[BOSSHOG]

26. WHITES ONLY BATHROOMS AND WATER FOUNTAINS

On trumps military bases. THEY voted for that

[Hekate]

27. Never