Chewbacca mom accused of white privilege

[StLucieBengal]

(06-15-2016, 10:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No you are wrong.

There have been many studies that show that just having a name that "sounds" black will get you fewer options for places to live.  Not opinion.  Actual scientific studies.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/racism-blacks-found-airbnb-study-article-1.2462805

Here is a scientific study that show that people with "white sounding names get 50% more call backs on identical resumes submitted for jobs

http://www.uh.edu/~adkugler/Bertrand&Mullainathan.pdf

White privilege is common knowledge.  Like a previous post said, pretty much the only ones who deny it are white racists.

Having the first name Tyrone has never hampered my job or home options.