Priveledge is
having health insurance, and knowing you won’t be forced to choose between medical care and food.
not have to worry about being turned down for a job interview because you have a “black sounding” name
not having to worry about the lead content in the water your children are drinking
having paid sick leave...so you don’t have to make the choice between going to work sick...or losing pay
knowing your health insurance covers birth control
being able to let your child play outside, with worrying about the drug deals going on at the corner...or that a gang may decide to make a point with a drive by shooting
not having metal detectors at tbe entrances to your child’s school
having parents who can pay your college tuition
inheritence
Do you believe White people don't go through these same problems? Please Coyote, please say no, because you know that white privilege is a farce, and any assertion of the sort is not true.
I don’t know if it is a farce or not. It is a concept I am struggling to understand, with getting defensive, which I do, before deciding what I think.
But I do know that, as a group, black people face more challenges to prosperity than white people as a group. As individuals, we are all over the board.
One example is in the OP itself. A list of black stereotypes. The welfare queen. Yet I live in a majority white state that is very poor. I don’t see those stereotypes (even though they are equally applicable) applied to poor whites as a race.