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White Privilege 2

WHITE PRIVILEGE: Founded in Racial Preference

What is white privilege? It is important that white privilege be defined because

the majority of whites want to deny that it exists at all, especially in response to

assertions of people of color that it exists unjustly and should be dismantled. The denial

of its existence by whites is racialized. People of color say white people enjoy white

privilege while white people deny, as often as possible, that they have it and that such a

privilege exists. White privilege is defined (Clark, 2005), as (1a) a right, advantage, or

immunity granted to or enjoyed by white persons beyond the common advantage of all

others; an exemption in many particular cases from certain burdens or liabilities. (b) A

special advantage or benefit of white persons; with reference to divine dispensations,

natural advantages, gifts of fortune, genetic endowments, social relations, etc. (2a) A......

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