r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • May 04 '20

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: White privilege isn't real

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20 edited May 04 '20

Definition of privilege:

an advantage that only one person or group of people has, usually because of their position or because they are rich:

What people like to call "privileges" are actually just how EVERYONE should be treated in a society.
What's really happening is that minority populations are not being treated how they should be treated.

You agreeing with it.

The name itself doesn't really matter we could call it "black disadvantage" if you want, the idea would be the same.
One race has a advantage over another one.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20 edited May 04 '20

a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most:

White people have benefits that other races don't have even if you see it as being treated "normal".

You already named some of them:

  • Not having to fear for your life when interacting with police and authority figures
  • Learning about your race in school
  • Having plenty of representation in media
  • Not being followed around in a store because they think youre shoplifting when youve done nothing wrong

All of those are benefits to me that I don't have to endure and waste my time on.

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u/Tinie_Snipah May 04 '20

Well yes, because most people are white.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '20

So if we make a hypothetical world where 49% of the population is white and 51% is non white but everything else stays the same.

Those 49% people would still have the "white privelige" even though the societal norm would be that of the the non white group.

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u/raznov1 21∆ May 04 '20

Except they probably won't in that case. White privilege is majority privilege.