What is "White Privledge"?

[Bengalzona]

(03-06-2016, 02:50 AM)Sovereign Nation Wrote: I have been saying something similar to this for a while.

That the perception that people have is influenced by what they are told.  Get something told to you repeatedly then it must be true, right?

As I have said before, there is Black Privilege, Asian Privilege, Hispanic Privilege, Middle Eastern Privilege and so on.  I refuse to acknowledge mine, until everyone else starts acknowledging theirs. 

TBPH- I actually don't care if anyone acknowledges their privilege, I just want them to shut up about mine.  As if I should be have something to be ashamed of while completely ignoring the advantages given to others and making them feel like they are entitled to their privileges.

I agree. White is just one kind of privilege. Every race or ethnicity has it to some degree. You might even say that male and female privilege exists as well. I think that to some degree it is almost unavoidable, even if you are totally immersed in another race's area and culture. I don't think it is necessarily something to be ashamed of, just something to be aware of.

I don't really understand transgender individuals. And I probably can't without being transgender. Perhaps that is Non-transgender Privilege. I'm not ashamed of it. But I can see them as human beings and I can at least listen when they complain about being treated bad in society and take that complaint seriously. I can sympathize if I feel there is a legitimate complaint and/or injustice.