Can someone explain “White Privilege”

coach wrote:

coach wrote:

A Nigerian family, an Albanian family, a Taiwanese family, all immigrate to the US in 2023. Does the Albanian family enjoy privilege based on their color?

I wrote this for the following reason. My son's good friend is a freshman at NYU. In class he was told he has white privilege and doesn't know what it's like to be an immigrant. I guess they're not used to seeing blonde Muslims and figured that he's just a spoiled rich business major. He replied that his relatives were killed indiscriminately and that his mother fled Albania and raised him and his sister by herself in a 1 bedroom apartment. He also said if you told her this she'd probably hit you. Apparently, he was reprimanded for that remark by the professor and school.

Anyway there are many immigrants of color that have more wealth than white people.

Curious Observer wrote:

My dad’s white American ancestry goes back 300 years. He graduated from a public school. Then volunteered to join the military and served seven years. He left the military and worked a crappy factory job that started at 10 dollars an hour until retirement. There was always food on the table and he was always a loving father.

I went to public school and then to college. I received not a single cent from my parents towards college. It took 15 years but I payed off my college loans by myself.

I’m as white as they come. What white privilege do I have?

coach wrote:

coach wrote:

A Nigerian family, an Albanian family, a Taiwanese family, all immigrate to the US in 2023. Does the Albanian family enjoy privilege based on their color?

I wrote this for the following reason. My son's good friend is a freshman at NYU. In class he was told he has white privilege and doesn't know what it's like to be an immigrant. I guess they're not used to seeing blonde Muslims and figured that he's just a spoiled rich business major. He replied that his relatives were killed indiscriminately and that his mother fled Albania and raised him and his sister by herself in a 1 bedroom apartment. He also said if you told her this she'd probably hit you. Apparently, he was reprimanded for that remark by the professor and school.

Anyway there are many immigrants of color that have more wealth than white people.

Curious Observer wrote:

My dad’s white American ancestry goes back 300 years. He graduated from a public school. Then volunteered to join the military and served seven years. He left the military and worked a crappy factory job that started at 10 dollars an hour until retirement. There was always food on the table and he was always a loving father.

I went to public school and then to college. I received not a single cent from my parents towards college. It took 15 years but I payed off my college loans by myself.

I’m as white as they come. What white privilege do I have?

more or more wrote:

Curious Observer wrote:

My dad’s white American ancestry goes back 300 years. He graduated from a public school. Then volunteered to join the military and served seven years. He left the military and worked a crappy factory job that started at 10 dollars an hour until retirement. There was always food on the table and he was always a loving father.

I went to public school and then to college. I received not a single cent from my parents towards college. It took 15 years but I payed off my college loans by myself.

I’m as white as they come. What white privilege do I have?

What white privilege do you have?

You have the privilege of not having your race being factored into assessments of your person, by a large swath of the population.

That's white privilege.

Newname wrote:

Curious Observer wrote:

My dad’s white American ancestry goes back 300 years. He graduated from a public school. Then volunteered to join the military and served seven years. He left the military and worked a crappy factory job that started at 10 dollars an hour until retirement. There was always food on the table and he was always a loving father.

I went to public school and then to college. I received not a single cent from my parents towards college. It took 15 years but I payed off my college loans by myself.

I’m as white as they come. What white privilege do I have?

Many of us can see who gets the real privilege. But are not allowed to say it. You can talk all you want about white privilege, white supremacy, white racism.

more or more wrote:

Newname wrote:

Many of us can see who gets the real privilege. But are not allowed to say it. You can talk all you want about white privilege, white supremacy, white racism.

Do you think you aren't saying it?

Newname wrote:

more or more wrote:

Do you think you aren't saying it?

See what I mean

Dis Guy wrote:

You walk into a store, and don’t get followed.

A cab is more likely to stop for you.

There are more white hiring managers than white managers and you have a better chance of getting hired due to unconscious bias.

Police are less likely to draw a gun on you for a routine traffic stop.

You receive better service at most establishments.

You have a step head start on most things.
And like running, that head start may not be enough. But it’s still a head start.

Dis Guy wrote:

You walk into a store, and don’t get followed.

A cab is more likely to stop for you.

There are more white hiring managers than white managers and you have a better chance of getting hired due to unconscious bias.

Police are less likely to draw a gun on you for a routine traffic stop.

You receive better service at most establishments.

You have a step head start on most things.
And like running, that head start may not be enough. But it’s still a head start.

hsheyywywy wrote:

It is made up nonsense. What a really exists is the white man's burden. The responsibility of being the only group capable of leadership has nevesetated they take onto their shoulders the buedens of the world.

Newname wrote:

Dis Guy wrote:

You walk into a store, and don’t get followed.

A cab is more likely to stop for you.

There are more white hiring managers than white managers and you have a better chance of getting hired due to unconscious bias.

Police are less likely to draw a gun on you for a routine traffic stop.

You receive better service at most establishments.

You have a step head start on most things.
And like running, that head start may not be enough. But it’s still a head start.

That doesn't sound like privilege.

More like normal.

Blacks face horrific racism still. That's different than whites having privilege

You make me sad wrote:

Dis Guy wrote:

You walk into a store, and don’t get followed.

A cab is more likely to stop for you.

There are more white hiring managers than white managers and you have a better chance of getting hired due to unconscious bias.

Police are less likely to draw a gun on you for a routine traffic stop.

You receive better service at most establishments.

You have a step head start on most things.
And like running, that head start may not be enough. But it’s still a head start.

Are people afraid to swim with sharks because all sharks are maneaters or because most of the fish that kill people are sharks?

Stop committing the majority of the violent crime and murder despite being 13% of the population and people will stop making assumptions.

typical con wrote:

It means your dad didn't face any barriers because of his racial background. He may have had other barriers in life, but none due to the color of his skin. The privilege is that he benefitted from not being a racial minority.

It's pretty simple really.

You make me sad wrote:

Dis Guy wrote:

You walk into a store, and don’t get followed.

A cab is more likely to stop for you.

There are more white hiring managers than white managers and you have a better chance of getting hired due to unconscious bias.

Police are less likely to draw a gun on you for a routine traffic stop.

You receive better service at most establishments.

You have a step head start on most things.
And like running, that head start may not be enough. But it’s still a head start.

Are people afraid to swim with sharks because all sharks are maneaters or because most of the fish that kill people are sharks?

Stop committing the majority of the violent crime and murder despite being 13% of the population and people will stop making assumptions.