The Fallacy of White Privilege

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(09-30-2016, 02:38 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The fallacy of this article is that is ignores what the concept of privilege actually is. The idea of privilege is that if you take two people in identical situations, save this one thing, one person will have an advantage over the other because of it. Are there other factors that affect people that cause some white people to be worse off than black people? Yes. Are there other privileges that can have more of an impact on a person than white privilege? Absolutely. Does every privilege apply in every situation the same way? No. But that's not what the concept of white privilege is about, and the actual idea behind the concept is what is ignored in the author's argument.

I think the author was attacking white privilege based on the way it's usually "presented". What you say is true, but I think those, for example, that claim that white people need to "check their privilege" are the ones that are misrepresenting white privilege. And I believe it is to those whom the author is addressing.

(10-01-2016, 03:11 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: White privilege is essentially a false proxy for wealth privilege

This. THIS SO MUCH.