RE: Correcting grammar is racist.
April 28, 2016 at 7:06 pm
(This post was last modified: April 28, 2016 at 8:11 pm by Athene.)
In my opinion: White privilege is the vague/general tendency, intentional or not, to consider white individuals as being reasonably intelligent, trustworthy, competent, etc., unless they demonstrate themselves to be otherwise. It's quite the opposite much of the time, if you're a member of many minority groups.
Even being viewed through the lens of neutrality up until individual merits are assessed, presents an advantage over having opinions formed about you based on "the statistics" of people who happen to share your physical attributes, unless you demonstrate otherwise.
How that advantage pans out, depends on countless other factors, of course.
But, as a "leg up" it does exist.
Even being viewed through the lens of neutrality up until individual merits are assessed, presents an advantage over having opinions formed about you based on "the statistics" of people who happen to share your physical attributes, unless you demonstrate otherwise.
How that advantage pans out, depends on countless other factors, of course.
But, as a "leg up" it does exist.
