What is "White Privledge"?

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(03-06-2016, 03:58 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: 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.

To paint broader strokes with what both of you were saying; because no person is  exactly alike another, then people will always have advantages over each other. And like you said you can extrapolate it out to groups/sexualities/race/nationality/religion/ect. ect. The list is endless because that's what makes the world diverse. If everyone had the exact same set of abilities/viewpoints/orientations/religions/ect. ect. then we would live an a pretty boring place. On the same note though, some of those advantages make a person really question what ethics are in the first place. Is it okay for one person to have better healthcare or better food or better shoes, ultimately simply because they were born to different people in different places at different times? 

I guess that's a semi-incoherent rant, but I think it comes down to humanity trying to balance our differences with our similarities and the real problem is that no one can even agree what a middle ground would be, much less start working to get there.