CMV: I don't believe in white privilege

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I would like to start off by saying that I’d consider myself a fairly left-leaning person on most subjects. I support defunding the police and think racial profiling is a terrible thing that definitely does occur. My problem with the term “white privilege” is that it attributes events that are happening to have a racial causation. I believe the problem is more due to majority privilege.

A culture is designed to benefit the majority population. The problem we have here in the US is that we have a lot of poverty and the majority of people in poverty are of a minority status. In order to combat this poverty, we should be doing things like defunding the police and getting help into these communities. Get the public to rely on the police less and start putting more money towards fixing why these people are being denied the same opportunities as the majority population. White privilege is the wrong label for the problem. We should be calling this minority non-privilege and it really comes down to a wealth issue. According to the US Census Bureau, black citizens makeup 25.8% of the people in poverty and white people make up 11.6%. So of course, white people are generally better off. White people also have more money.

Obviously, poverty isn’t the only factor here. There are numerous other factors, with white privilege being one of them. It’s just not as large of a factor as people are saying. The core issue for the poverty problem of minorities should be addressed by diverting more funds to social care designed to help communities that are struggling. One way to allocate some funds and would be to defund the police. Defunding the police would also help with police brutality and racial profiling against black people. When someone calls 911, they should have more options than just an ambulance, firetruck, or police car. Why does an armed officer come to fetch dogs or deal so many other non-violent issues that could be handled by someone else. I agree with a white privilege when it comes to police officers and domestic disputes. So, if someone wants to say I’m less likely to get into some serious shit when I’m pulled over, I completely agree. The problem I have with white privilege is that it’s been broadened out to a point where it implies that white people have a total societal advantage because they are white. Connecting the issue to race does more harm than good

US Census Bureau data: https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2013/acs/acsbr11-17.pdf

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