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White privilege is how white people have more rights than black people, and some people struggle because it is a bit wrong.
@9KG7QM61yr1Y
In my experience, people who reject the idea of white privilege tend to be white people who feel like they got themselves where they are. They think the idea of having a leg up is ridiculous, because they don’t feel as though they had one. In reality, white privilege is much more insidious than that. These ideas of racial inequality are deeply rooted in our nations history and ancestors, so most people do not realize they are biased towards a particular group.
@9KG9SD5Republican1yr1Y
There are more white people I feel that struggle because they are white. The other races because they are a different race sometimes get more privilege due to the color of the skin
@9KG962F1yr1Y
white privilege isn't that white people have more legal rights, they have more social privileges such as respect and aren't socially seen as less than. some struggle to understand it because they see minorities experiencing an increase in rights and just automatically assume that everyone's equal now only because there is no legal differences. however, the way they are seen socially greatly impacts the way they are treated in various institutions and so continue to be disadvantaged.
I do not think that white people have more rights than others, however white people may be treated better or more leniently than other people.
@9K9983R 1yr1Y
I SEE RACISM MORE TOWARDS WHITE PEOPLE. WE HAVE THE MOST DISCRIMINATION FROM BLACKS BUT OF COURSE EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THEIR GREAT GRANDPARENTS WERE SLAVES. NEWS FLASH IF IT WASN'T FOR WHITE PEOPLE BLACK PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN A LIFE IN AMERICA. WHITE PRIVALEGE IS NOT A THING. EVERYONE HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF PRIVALEGE IN AMERICA. JUST BECAUSE YOUR BLACK FATHER SHOT SOMEONE AND WENT TO JAIL DOES NOT MEAN THAT MY WHITE FATHER WHO THOUGHT ABOUT HIS DECISIONS AND WORKED HARD FOR OUR FAMILY MEANS I DESERVE DISCRIMINATION.
@9K9BKZW1yr1Y
Our country is built on slave labor, if someone is unwilling to look at history and see that then they are sure to be blind to racism.
@NameIGuessLolSocialist 6mos6MO
“EVERYONE HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF PRIVALEGE IN AMERICA”
The data says otherwise. Blacks are near-consistently twice as likely to be unemployed than whites.Show image
@9KCMBHL1yr1Y
People don't understand "white privilege" because they are white themselves and don't see what happens to people who are white. It happens in other things too, like homophobia and other such forms of discrimination, they are the "privileged one" of that argument and don't come across what happens to people who are the ones being discriminated against. Because they don't see it, they refuse to acknowledge its existence and then when people bring it up they pretend it doesn't exist.
@9KCQ3P41yr1Y
People who can't understand the concept of white privilege have never gone through those struggles that a minority goes through so they fail to see the importance of it. They believe there is no such thing as privilege since being handed everything becomes a norm to them.
@9KCCV291yr1Y
I don't think that white privilege exists in modern-day America.
White privilege does still exist, and for all we know it will probably continue. White privilege does exist because there are studies today in our current time that are showing/testing this theory. For example, there is a study where they take white kids to go steal something and they see how officers, store owners and etc react, and then they do the same but with a person of color, the results show that the white privilege is still on going today.
@9KHSFX9Republican1yr1Y
I think that term can be taken out of proportion and I would explain it by saying that "white-privlage" is a term that people use when they feel like white people have supremacy over other races
@9KNC9J61yr1Y
Many say well you get away with this because you are white, but If I were to do it I would be in jail. Sometimes thats true, but it gets blown out of proportion a lot more than it should.
@9K9LSC9Libertarian1yr1Y
It is hard for some to grasp the idea that they are privileged solely based on the color of their skin. Racism is still a prominent issue, so white privilege will continue to exist until racism is fully gone.
@9KFF2PX1yr1Y
In my opinion "white privilege" is a societal privilege for the whites against the non-whites. I think many people struggle to understand the meaning of it because they think that whites all over the world are the same and all have that privilege, which is false. Many whites all over the world struggle with inequality, class, gender, or physical ability. These whites are struggling in life and some cases can't do anything to help it. It's not simply saying "white privilege" because we're not all the same. Millions of differences compare us apart whether it's ethnicity, gender, or even skin color. So, I think we should teach people more about this idea and let them know what it's like.
@9KCQ6ST1yr1Y
they will struggle with it because they never seen it or heard of it, and I would explain it as white people getting an advantage on everyone else
@9KBVNXQ1yr1Y
because the Anti-Racism is bad for people and also bad for the whole government and sometimes bad for each presdent
@9KDZFB21yr1Y
'White privilege' is acknowledging the advantages tied to being seen as white in society, like an invisible backpack of benefits.
@9KCRTFR1yr1Y
I think people get confused with white privilege because of stereotypical reasons and the greater chance at freedom and other things. I think another reason some people question White Privilege is because people like to abuse that power and use it to their advantage.
@9K9R4ZS1yr1Y
everyone in this country has some privilege weather they know it or not, in some areas it is colored-privilege in others its white.
@9KCWWJN1yr1Y
I don't know besides being taught the general basics of how to sign up for college and jobs would be nice
@9KCM6SN1yr1Y
Because when other people say racism then some automatically think of african american segregation and how white people caused this. Very much so is this linked and had spread across america. White priveledge is the ability for white people to have more biased opportunities than other races.
@9KBGV6C1yr1Y
Because they usually refuse to accept that it actually exists in today's age, and they want to make it seem that the people that say there is white privilege are just being dramatic about things.
@9K9HV521yr1Y
People who have grown up in a predominantly white community are less likely to be open-minded about those around them and they would likely feel superior.
@9K9KDBM1yr1Y
i mean white privilege to me now feels kinda like the same as everything else we have the same power and everything as others but people compare it to years ago and when it was different. But as of today's world i don't see a difference between men or woman or even races.
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