The Fallacy of White Privilege

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(11-22-2016, 12:43 AM)Beaker Wrote: I agree that there are areas in life where it is a negative experience to being a minority. But do you not think some minority populations have advantages intrinsic to their populations, no matter how small? That persons of that population cannot offer advantages to others within their population based solely upon ethnicity?

I may not be interpreting you post correctly, so feel free to let me know if that's the case.


There is two ways these questions could be taken. 

If it is taken as certain cultures tend be good at different thing in general , then yea that's definitely the case. For instance, a lot of Asian cultures have strict expectations of success and this in general leads to an a general inclination towards success in things such as academics. 

If it is taken to mean that these minority populations help each other out and give each other an advantage in relation to their population, that is true too. However, even with them holding each other up like this, they're still a minority and by it's definition their impact on the world in general is limited in a way that a majority is not.

I understand what you're saying though. However, when you're a minority it is absolutely imperative to help each other out because you're already at a disadvantage comparatively.