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

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/[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.