Meaning White privilege
What does White privilege mean? Here you find 3 meanings of the word White privilege. You can also add a definition of White privilege yourself
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White privilegeRefers to the unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements, benefits and choices bestowed on people solely because they are white. Generally white people who experience such privilege do so without being conscious of it. Examples of privilege might be: "I can walk around a department store without being followed." "I can [..]
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White privilegeThe tendency of societies to conceptualize matters pertaining to race in terms of the perceptions and interests of the prevailing or dominant community (in the United States, of whites). White privile [..]
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White privilegeWhite privilege has been described by Peggy McIntosh as “the invisible knapsack of unearned assets which White people can count on cashing in each day, but about which they are meant to remain oblivio [..]
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