01-21-2019, 01:47 PM
(01-18-2019, 08:00 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Would she have been wrong of accusing him of benefiting from White Privilege if he were white; after he listed his credentials?
Yes. It is very difficult to identify the specific individual effects of white privilege based solely on career achievement. It can be proven to be systematic, but difficult to apply to individuals.
It is like someone claiming that smoking does not contribute to heart or lung disease when someone who never smoked gets heart or lung disease. It is wrong to assume a person is a smoker just because they have lung cancer, but that does not prove that smoking does not effect the rate of lung cancer.
