The Fallacy of White Privilege

[fredtoast]

(10-02-2016, 05:45 PM)Beaker Wrote:  There are substantial numbers of rich minorities, so therefore, they have "benefited".  

I don't even know what kind of argument you are trying to make here.  The fact that some black people succeed and some white people fail does nothing to disprove the fact that there is a white privilege.  That is like saying that the fact that some blind people have succeeded means there is no benefit to being able to see.

(10-02-2016, 05:45 PM)Beaker Wrote: Or do you contend that when a minority makes it and is wealthy it is from hard work, and when a white person does it it is from "privilege"?

I don't make any judgments based on individual success or failure.  I can find examples of people who have smoked their entire lives and do not have lung or heart disease, but I would never try to claim that proves that smoking is not dangerous to your health. 

(10-02-2016, 05:45 PM)Beaker Wrote:  Again, the whole thing is simply another name for racism....and racism doesn't need another name.

And, again, you are wrong.  Racism only creates a privilege for the majority that benefits from it.  Do you claim that there was no white privilege in the southern states in the 1800's just because the black people hated the white people?

Racism and privilege are two totally different concepts.