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Re:What Does Modern Prejudice Look Like? by colmvp on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @06:44PM (#5598457)
> I couldn't imagine going to a restaurant and getting a discount because the owner and I are both white.

What about a job? Or a political position? Or a promotion?

Re:What Does Modern Prejudice Look Like? by jiggy2011 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @07:36PM (#5598670)
You won't get a job simply because you are white, at least in a place where whites the majority, though it would be interesting to see how this works in places where whites are a minority.

It's more likely that you simply won't be discriminated against. It also means that you are statistically more likely to belong to a minority group that does have privilege, for example the minority group of people with high wealth.

Of course you might well not belong to such a minority group. So for a poor white , the fact that bill gates is rich does not really help you.

I think this is where a lot of where the confusion regards these issues comes from.