Is There Such A Thing As "White Privilege"?

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

Or is it a racist invention?

[Theland]

Andy, yes, so that makes me a culturalist, blind to race but not culture.

[andy-hughes]

Theland - // Andy, yes, so that makes me a culturalist, blind to race but not culture. //

If you say so.

[sevenOP]

Irrespective of the zero terms of reference/definition of "White Privilege", it is a subset of 'classism' - [ = is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class : and has another subset which includes individual attitudes, behaviors, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of the lower class ]

It has probably existed since the dawn of humanity, certainly existed for most of humanities existence and is highly unlikely to ever be removed from humanity the way things are going.

[Theland]

SevenOP - I don't agree.

If my family get up and go to work consistently, setting good examples for our kids, but a neighbouring family prefer to be lackadaisical and live on benefits, is that not simply family culture?

[sevenOP]

"SevenOP - I don't agree."

Theland, with what that I posted do you not agree ?

The rest of your post seems to have no relevance to 'classism'.

[mibn2cweus]

Andy, I prefer to evaluate a person based on their individual merits, not on their ancestry. Judging people based on their unchosen affiliations, that's a religious notion.

[jno]

Covid: //statistics for BAME men show they were nearly four times more likely to be fined than young white males - 57% of fines for a group that represents 14% of the population//

now, that's black privilege - the police more concerned to encourage BAME people to behave nicely

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-bame-groups-disproportionately-fined-for-covid-19-breaches-12037297

And it's so courteous of white folks to pretend it isn't happening.