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white privilege

[ wahyt-priv-uh-lij, priv-lij, hwahyt ]
/ ˈwaɪt ˈprɪv ə lɪdʒ, ˈprɪv lɪdʒ, ˈʰwaɪt /
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noun
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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Origin of white privilege

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby white privilege

white plague, White Plains, white poplar, white potato, whiteprint, white privilege, white propaganda, white pudding, white rainbow, white rat, White River
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