The Racial Experience of a White Working Class American Boy

Re:The Racial Experience of a White Working Class American Boy by bilirubin on Saturday December 04, 2021 @10:12PM (#29446403)

All white people in America have an unfair advantage. That’s what white privilege is. If you actually care about this, research Peggy McIntosh and the concept of the invisible knapsack. Two very simple examples:

1. In the majority of industries in the US, a white person can rise to the upper echelons of that industry without meaningfully interacting with majority groups that don’t look like them.

2. White names have a better response rate with equivalent resumes than ethnic names.

There are dozens if not hundreds more tangible advantages that being white has. Does this mean that it’s not hard to be poor and white? No. But no matter what your class is in the US, it is advantageous to be white if you want to move up.

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Re:The Racial Experience of a White Working Class American Boy by archhn on Sunday December 05, 2021 @06:59AM (#29448632)

> All white people in America have an unfair advantage.

Statistical advantage you mean, but that does not translate to good outcomes for many people.

I'll agree with you that in a historically white country, white people, in general, have an advantage. But saying this completely disregards the marginalized white working class which has been under siege, like minorities, by a predatory ruling class.

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