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I've honestly tried doing this. The conclusion I arrive at is that "white privilege" doesn't exist per se, and is essentially a by-product of racist people. It's the state of being a non-target of white people; not exactly a privilege, simply not a hindrance or restriction. As used, "white privilege" is by nature racist itself, and almost always used as a term of condemnation, belittlement, or social stigmatization.To genuinely understand what it's all about, you need to get beyond your emotions, look at it dispassionately, and ignore the morons who use it as a term of condemnation.
- All else being equal, car insurance in a low income black neighbourhood is more expensive than in a low income white neighbourhood.I've honestly tried doing this. The conclusion I arrive at is that "white privilege" doesn't exist per se, and is essentially a by-product of racist people.
https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/on-racism-and-white-privilegeConsider the following:
- When I cut my finger and go to my school or office’s first aid kit, the flesh-colored band-aid generally matches my skin tone.
- When I stay in a hotel, the complimentary shampoo generally works with the texture of my hair.
- When I run to the store to buy pantyhose at the last minute, the ‘nude’ color generally appears nude on my legs.
- When I buy hair care products in a grocery store or drug store, my shampoos and conditioners are in the aisle and section labeled ‘hair care’ and not in a separate section for ‘ethnic products.’
- I can purchase travel size bottles of my hair care products at most grocery or drug stores.
The car insurance that I run through gives the exact same rate to blacks and whites indiscriminate of "neighborhood".car insurance in a low income black neighbourhood is more expensive than in a low income white neighbourhood.
I'm making the exact same as my black coworkers. Some are even making more with less education because they're in manager and Person-In-Charge positions.black men tend to earn less than white men with the same level of education.
I'd love to see some rates on that. All I can say for now is that despite having a physical award in Customer Service, it took me five months to find two minimum wage jobs out of ten gathered and turned in applications. Meanwhile I have personally known a black woman who was receiving food stamps, housing aid, and welfare assistance (things that I would sure love so I wouldn't have to kill myself to squeak by), and didn't feel she needed to find a job because she was "doing alright" with free money handed to her.it takes longer, on average, for an unemployed black person to find a job than an unemployed white person.
So where's the privilege for those 6%? What of the kids who's families are so poor that they can't even attend school, so they're homeschooled? Does this take into account military children abroad who are enrolled in DoD schools, which don't divide between high and low poverty? Looking back at the areas that I lived in, I was also in several of those "high poverty" schools, when I wasn't being homeschooled because of abusive teachers and administrations. I cannot rationally see my childhood education experience as "privileged", regardless of what some statistic says.6% of white students attend a "high poverty" school. 40% of black students attend a "high poverty school."
There's the bloody band-aid... Did you know that they don't match my skin tone either? They're too dark.When I cut my finger and go to my school or office’s first aid kit, the flesh-colored band-aid generally matches my skin tone.
Most people who stay in hotels pack their own shampoos, I would imagine. But no, actually, the complimentary shampoo does not work with my hair, despite being "white". It leaves it dry and listless, because it's free, cheap crap.When I stay in a hotel, the complimentary shampoo generally works with the texture of my hair.
I don't wear pantyhose, but as with the friggin' band-aid's, that only works if you have the exact skin tone that the hose is made in. If you're too light, they look just as weird.When I run to the store to buy pantyhose at the last minute, the ‘nude’ color generally appears nude on my legs.
In most places the entire aisle is "Hair Care". The shampoo that I need and use is usually in a sub-section called "medicated and specialty." Should I be able to complain that this is humiliating, because it paints me as having a problem?When I buy hair care products in a grocery store or drug store, my shampoos and conditioners are in the aisle and section labeled ‘hair care’ and not in a separate section for ‘ethnic products.’
I can't. And even then, a single bottle of shampoo and conditioner (they're separate) that's only 13oz (that's about the size of a can of Coca Cola) ends up costing me $5.99 each before tax.I can purchase travel size bottles of my hair care products at most grocery or drug stores.
There are no white women?When used as intended, it's the grown up version of "male bashing".
Generally exempt from social criticism because of sexism.There are no white women?
There are no white women?
- All else being equal, car insurance in a low income black neighbourhood is more expensive than in a low income white neighbourhood.
- All else being equal, black men tend to earn less than white men with the same level of education.
- All else being equal, it takes longer, on average, for an unemployed black person to find a job than an unemployed white person.
- 6% of white students attend a "high poverty" school. 40% of black students attend a "high poverty school."
http://www.theroot.com/yes-you-can-measure-white-privilege-1794303451
Other examples, all small individually, but that add up:
https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/on-racism-and-white-privilege
But when speaking of White Privilege it is also more useful to think in statistical terms, in terms of odds, chances, and probabilities, than to think of it in absolute terms. e.g. what are the odds of a group of White males getting entry level jobs in finance compared to a similarly qualified group of Black males?
In chess, white goes first. What's hard to understand about that?
- All else being equal, car insurance in a low income black neighbourhood is more expensive than in a low income white neighbourhood.
All else being equal, black men tend to earn less than white men with the same level of education.
- All else being equal, it takes longer, on average, for an unemployed black person to find a job than an unemployed white person.
6% of white students attend a "high poverty" school. 40% of black students attend a "high poverty school."
Other examples, all small individually, but that add up:
Explain white privilege to me.
If there are some benefits to being white, I'd like to know what they are so I can start benefiting from them.
But in go, black goes first.In chess, white goes first. What's hard to understand about that?