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<blockquote data-quote="Jophish17" data-source="post: 445349" data-attributes="member: 843"><p>The couple in the park are probably bad people. Every race has people like that. I married a woman from another race, and though there were people in my family whom I thought wouldn't approve, the biggest resistance actually came from her parents. Go figure. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I understand what you see and feel. I think the concept of white privilege, in this case, would be that it was still easier for you as a white make to make that social-economic progress than it would have been for a non-white person who may not have had the same opportunities or outcomes.</p><p></p><p>Ex: routine traffic stop as a teenager. Two kids from different races but otherwise identical socio-economic background have been partying. White kid just gets a warning or ticket, but the black kids car is searched (because minorities are subject to more searches) and the police find trace amounts of marijuana. At that moment, college applications (a degree is the path to the middle class) just became more difficult for the black kid. Even if both kids were in possession the prejudices against the black kid resulted in a different outcome. That's how one could say white privilege could have "assisted" an otherwise hard-working white person.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jophish17, post: 445349, member: 843"] The couple in the park are probably bad people. Every race has people like that. I married a woman from another race, and though there were people in my family whom I thought wouldn't approve, the biggest resistance actually came from her parents. Go figure. I understand what you see and feel. I think the concept of white privilege, in this case, would be that it was still easier for you as a white make to make that social-economic progress than it would have been for a non-white person who may not have had the same opportunities or outcomes. Ex: routine traffic stop as a teenager. Two kids from different races but otherwise identical socio-economic background have been partying. White kid just gets a warning or ticket, but the black kids car is searched (because minorities are subject to more searches) and the police find trace amounts of marijuana. At that moment, college applications (a degree is the path to the middle class) just became more difficult for the black kid. Even if both kids were in possession the prejudices against the black kid resulted in a different outcome. That's how one could say white privilege could have "assisted" an otherwise hard-working white person. [/QUOTE]
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