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That's the entire point about "built in." That's what makes it so insidious.
You don't have to notice it. It's just given to you quietly. What, you think people say to you out loud, "Hey, I granted you this job interview because the other guy has a black-sounding name"? Or "I'm giving you $3 more per hour because you're probably more trustworthy than that black woman over there."
White privilege -- and make no mistake, as a white woman, I'm damn sure I've been the beneficiary too, whether I saw it or not -- is part of society. It's how the rules are written. Fortunately, we're gradually phasing out those unspoken rules, but it's still a slow process.
As another poster said, the young man in question undoubtedly worked hard. But he was automatically assumed by thousands of people along the way to be superior to others because of his skin color.
That is dead on. These kinds of rules governed this nation as law for 80% of its history.
White skin privilege has been the law of the land in this nation in many implicit and explicit ways.
Again for 80% of this nation's history white skin privilege over others was basically how this society was set up to function and this understanding was explicitly carried out by our government.
Forget all of the ways that institutions and society would form to implicitly carry out that explicit understanding.
So if white privlege is part of a majority white country. Does black privilege exist in a majority black country? Is there Asian privilege in China, Japan and Korea?
Like I said... If I write the name Mohammed at the top of my resume, it can be used to form a perception about me before I walk in the door. Mohammed is the #1 name in the world, but because it isn't a common name for a white male.. I am already at a societal disadvantage.
That is a prime example of the effects of white privilege.
Okay, you win. Black people with strange names have no chance in America, the power structure completely holds them down and they can never succeed.
Answer: Wherever she has more money in her pocket.
Really? So in other words if a black girl is dropped down in the middle of America with $100,000 and at the same time a black girl is dropped down in Nigeria with $100,000 you're saying that they both have equal chances of success?
I missed where a white male claimed he was a victim. What we're saying is that in a majority white country, with a majority of white owned businesses, there are majority white people working there. That does not mean that white people are racist. I actually might buy the privilege thing now. The privilege of being born in a country that is majority white is going to benefit white people the most. Got it. Now, the next question is this; Name one other country in this world, that is not a majority white country, where you (black, brown, gay, female) will be treated better?
Ok I think what this really is, is a push back against white culture. A push back against the dominate culture in this country. I'm being swayed to your side...a little bit. It kind of sounds like another way of phrasing "discrimination". Instead of insisting that victim groups are treated badly, you guys talk about how non-victim groups are treated better than they deserve. Logically both approaches amount to exactly the same thing: an assertion that there is an unfair difference between the way various groups are being treated. Is that a fair assessment?
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