White Privilege In American Society
“Privilege is the greatest enemy of equality.” This quote from a noted Austrian novelist, Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach, perhaps describes the harm of “white privilege” on American society. By its very definition privilege is a grace bestowed on one over another (Webster, 2006). In that sense, privilege is in and of itself an opposition to equality. In racial terms, if one group has been historically privileged over another, there will never be equality between the groups until a catastrophic new beginning can occur removing all trace of the bestowed privilege.
White American privilege is the result of a country developing around a racially charged society featuring whites on top. Since the inception of colonial America, Whites heeded themselves as the superior race. This is seen evident through the submission and elimination of the Native Americans as well as most directly in the institution of slavery. As the “nation of riches” began to develop, and the American Dream came......
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