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white privilege

American  

[wahyt priv-uh-lij, priv-lij, hwahyt] / ˈwaɪt ˈprɪv ə lɪdʒ, ˈprɪv lɪdʒ, ˈʰwaɪt /

noun

1. the unearned and mostly unacknowledged societal advantage that members of the dominant white racial group have and members of nonwhite groups do not, separate from but compounding with wealth, income, class, education, and other demographic factors that form individual identities.

   One aspect of white privilege is never thinking about your race, because most things in society are designed with whiteness as the normal default.

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Etymology

Origin of white privilege

First recorded in 1920–25

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Edelman tries to explain that even though he’s Jewish, he benefits quite regularly from white privilege.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

His textured performance gave Alfred more emotional depth as his character confronted feral hogs, white privilege in hip-hop and his own mortality.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

“Boys! Boys! Boys!” examines how gay male capitalist culture relates to their own white privilege and identity as dancers in Seattle’s struggling arts economy.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

If anyone had "white privilege", it was surely me, a descendant of Caribbean slave owners.

From BBC ● May 10, 2022

Tim Wise is an author, activist and leading expert on white privilege and racism.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2022