Does White privilege include
not having to bleach your skin to look White
if your skin is already light enough?
Because not just Black but also Asian and Latino cultures
have traditionally associated lighter skin with
the upper class and darker skin with the working class,
then do I still have some degree of
White privilege by having lighter skin as an Asian.
Is it skin color association?
is it White class privilege?
or is it White as in caucasian/European and race?
P.S. anyone who says all races are the same
should check with the bone marrow statistics on matching
donors by race, and the registration outreach that
specifically targets the following as separate genetic pools
as necessary to match types and save lives:
Asian and Pacific Islander
African
Latino
Native American
These 4 groups have only 1 in 10 chances of finding a bone marrow
match by HLA. They are harder to match, and biracial are almost impossible.
In contrast the Caucasians have 9 in 10 chances
because they are more easily compatible with other
Caucasians and not as difficult to find a match.
There are 10 different factors that have to match
and transplant operations are only done if 8 of those 10 match.
For Whites/Caucasians, these factors are easier to match
with 9 out of 10 chance of finding a donor.
for the other minority groups, only 1 out of 10 chances.
It is completely random. You can have as many people sign up,
and the numbers don't increase the probability because it is so small.
You just have to get lucky and find one.
So the drives to get minorities to register as donors
aren't about improving the odds, but just finding the needle
in the haystack that matches someone on the list.
So you can call that White privilege
that you have 9 out of 10 chances
of saving your life if you need a bone marrow donor
vs. 1 out of 10 if you are Asian, African, Latino or Native American.
Sample reference source:
Marrow Matches for Minorities Are Harder to Find - Bone Marrow Transplants