The Fallacy of White Privilege

[GMDino]

(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?

There are no absolutes.

But the majority holding power for the majority of this nation's history speaks volumes to the advantage of being white (and male) for the vast majority of the time.  There are exceptions, of course.  We had a black president once.

Listen to this podcast from Malcom Gladwell.

http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/01-the-lady-vanishes

Quote:EPISODE 01 THE LADY VANISHES

In the late 19th, a painting by a virtually unknown artist took England by storm: The Roll Call. But after that brilliant first effort, the artist all but disappeared. Why?

The Lady Vanishes explores the world of art and politics to examines the strange phenomenon of the “token”—the outsider whose success serves not to alleviate discrimination but perpetuate it. If a country elects a female president, does that mean the door is now open for all women to follow? Or does that simply give the status quo the justification to close the door again?

It gives a little more insight to the psychology behind it all.