What you describe as normal, is only normal for whites. That's white privilege.
It's not normal for minorities.
IT's normal life. Only blacks and browns are not afforded this. That's not privilge
It should be normal life. But for many minorities normal life is the opposite. You're engaging in semantic gymnastics to avoid acknowledging that "normal life" for whites doesn't match "normal life" for minorities.
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.
Making excuses for group’s failures. Nobody believes the US is systemically racist to everyone non white except Asians and actual Africans.
Well minorities didn't get to experience basic civil rights until 60 years ago. Whites got a 188 year head start, that's the definition of systemic racism.
By and large it is a term used to justify racist policies against white people that primarily impacts poor whites.
No it's not. The fact that you see policies that benefit minorities as racist policies against whites, shows an extreme level of ignorance. If a minority benefits a white doesn't suffer. It isn't a zero sum game.
IT's normal life. Only blacks and browns are not afforded this. That's not privilge
It should be normal life. But for many minorities normal life is the opposite. You're engaging in semantic gymnastics to avoid acknowledging that "normal life" for whites doesn't match "normal life" for minorities.
Do you know what privilege means?
Was a House slave privileged because his life was not as bad as a field slave?
Is a homeless white family privileged?
And it's not minorities who are so mistreated. Blacks, browns, and Natives. That's it
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.
And NO ONE should be ashamed of being "White" or having "White Privilege". It is what it is and doesn't reflect one's character or who they are. If someone wants to flaunt and or shove the fact that they're "White" and are superior to anyone, they should be prepared to face the consequences.
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.
And NO ONE should be ashamed of being "White" or having "White Privilege". It is what it is and doesn't reflect one's character or who they are. If someone wants to flaunt and or shove the fact that they're "White" and are superior to anyone, they should be prepared to face the consequences.
Except nobody acts like that, democrats in hoods on horses are long gone
A white person not understanding white privilege is similar to a young, tall, good looking man not understanding the advantages they get in life just for being tall and good looking.
By and large it is a term used to justify racist policies against white people that primarily impacts poor whites.
No it's not. The fact that you see policies that benefit minorities as racist policies against whites, shows an extreme level of ignorance. If a minority benefits a white doesn't suffer. It isn't a zero sum game.
It is any time that there is a finite number of positions available or a project is being awarded based upon metrics beyond merit or price.
The better term would have been "black disadvantage" because no one doubts that blacks were horribly disadvantaged (to say the least) in the past. Flipping that around as "white privilege" changes the meaning and comes off insulting or deprecating to many white people who have enjoyed no such "privilege." The terms are not two sides of the same coin.
And today, neither term has much, if any, applicability. The "black disadvantages" of decades ago have disappeared, and being black is arguably an advantage now with respect to, e.g., employment, school admission, and assessment of culpability in many situations. If we were to look for racial disadvantage today (and for the last 30 years), it would be "Asian disadvantage" if anything.
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I agree with a lot of this, but I do think the "black disadvantage" from decades ago still effects life today. White people were able to accumulate property, wealth etc decades ago and that has a snowball effect. The biggest disadvantage black people have today is class/wealth related and not racism/blatant discrimination. Affirmative action and DEI are a somewhat racist attempt to correct this, but it's politically unpalatable and not feasible with the super class of Asian immigrants.
I get most of that and don't disagree. But that -- let's call it "class privilege" -- doesn't encompass anywhere near the population of white people that "white privilege" is applied (which is everyone who is considered white).
I think what you are talking about is "generational wealth" which really does not happen that much. I'm on the high end of middle age, have led a busy life, and have met thousands of people by now, and I can only think of one guy I know who inherited a fortune to where he never has to work again. I know maybe a handful of people who were handed or inherited a sizeable amount of money, and a decent amount of people who grew up in a wealthy household (you could call them "spoiled" or "privileged"). But the large majority of white (and black) people I've known were like me and my parents and everyone else in my neighborhood -- broke after paying bills, always worrying about money and the next set of bills, and with little ways to change that other than working harder. Basically, I think "white privilege" is an artifact and "class privilege" is not a significant concern.
Here's a humorous take on the subject that I think does a pretty good job of explaining the concept (it's not even remotely SFW, so there's your warning):
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