You're absolutely kidding yourself if you don't think whites have white privilege,especially in a majority white country

America is not not racist simply because people don't go around calling each other slurs. There are obvious social and likely physical consequences of that. I think America is less racist in the sense that you have confederate KKK overt racism or invariable hate of someone of another race, but i think we 100% live in a caste system that elevates white people in relation to everyone else. That goes for employment :http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/mar/15/jalen-ross/black-name-resume-50-percent-less-likely-get-respo/ for perceived attractiveness in dating https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12114-015-9218-1 http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/08/16/black-more-beautiful-when-people-think-youre-mixed : Just look at south africa where the coloureds(mixed race) do better than full blacks. The same has been the case in america throughout the centuries(your booker t washington types; Obama; ect simply for being half white) housing : https://www.huduser.gov/portal/Publications/pdf/HUD-514_HDS2012_execsumm.pdf Preferences in dating on the basis of race inherently extend to every other area in life. You simply don't treat someone you're attracted to ,the same way you treat someone you aren't attracted to or is ugly. America is caste state that on average , relatively elevates whites over non whites . It is no different than places like India , CHina, or south america that also elevate those with white skin, but they just aren't shy about admitting it. America just wont admit it. It can't, or inevitably that white privilege will be fought against and lost. People usually point to extreme cases to prove their point about meritocracy, like the asians. Firstly , Asians that immigrate here are already the salt of the earth of the countries that they come from. The top 10%. It would be illogical if china imports only Kim Khardashians and makes the claim that "sure, you can make it here" as evidence. Also,most asians go into STEM fields. Stem fields have always been high demand , low supply, in which case race doesn't matter because they are struggling to fill positions anyways. If you go around Illionois manufacturing plants, you'll find that many of the are filled to the brim with hispanics . THis is not out of love for their brown folk, this is because whites refuse to work / can't work those jobs. It'd be as white as Hollywood otherwise. By the way, if the existence of AfirmativeA is counter evidence of racism, is the fact that the majority of white republicans wanting to get rid of it a sign of racism? Either way , it's existence says nothing. LBJ signed the civil rights act, yet sai "ill have those niggers voting democrat for years". He was doing it to get votes , not because he loves black people. Certainly , black people are responsible for some of their ills. But to say that white privilege and advantage doesn't exist in light of the data, is absolutely illogical. I'll be honest: over the pass five years ,on all my resumes and dating profiles, i label my race as mixed because im light enough to past for half white half black, and the difference is night and day. People treat you better and inherently give you more opportunities and passes and less hurdles if you are white in america. This is not to say that other things aren't relevant, such as your own socioeconomic status , or how attractive you are, or how tall you are, or how many 'connections' you have. I doubt this guy http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/299969/878308.jpg will have more privileges than this guy in all areas of life https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/b3/25/feb325094b4c6844a70cf64b40faebc2.jpg especially if he's educated and respectable. But all things being equal , white has the advantage.

Edit: disparity in sentencing for same crimes https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/opinion/sunday/unequal-sentences-for-blacks-and-whites.html Same case for women, just to push the point that things like race/ gender , matter: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/men-women-prison-sentence-length-gender-gap_n_1874742.html


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