The Fallacy of White Privilege

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(11-01-2016, 06:03 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Here is my point.

Even if cabbies pick up white men over black men because oif the difference in crime rate for one demographic that proves that a white privilege exists.

But "white privilege" is not just based on a perception of difference in crime rate because if it was then white men would all be treated like criminals but they clearly are not.

So we are now at the point where I am asking you all if it is okay to treat all mean like criminals because they belong to the most violent criminal demographic in the United States.  But for some reason none of you are responding to this.

Your point has not been made, as you are making false assumptions given the study you are trying to cite and somehow suggesting folks are just treating others like criminals, by introducing a dynamic that was not researched. And this is giving you the benefit of the doubt that the study you are referencing showed a bias.

I know it is pointless, but I'll provide this illustration for others that fail to see the fallacy in your point:

A study is conducted and it was found that a white guy was picked up by cabbies a little more frequently than a black male. 

Observer A asserts that study shows that there is a white privilege because the man with less pigment in his skin is picked up more frequently

Observer B posts a study that shows whites tip cabbies more handsomely than blacks; therefore, Observer B states the reason for the variance is because of propensity to tip instead of skin pigment.

Observer A retorts with: This cannot be the issue because women tip better than men.