Is white privilege real? To what extent?

[Regina]

There are no biological races - race is a social construct.
What about someone who considers themselves Latino or black but they pass as white. Do they have white privilege?

I would argue "yes" because there's still a perceived whiteness about them. If you're mixed but you look flat white, people who don't know you are going to see a white person when you're walking along the street. Also "Latin" isn't a race, it's a culture.

It also works the other way as well. You can be someone with mostly/totally European ancestry who is therefore socialised as a "white European", who is not percieved as white based on looks. My grandfather was "white" as a Maltese person, but ask the average British person what they'd think he was based on looks, they'd probably think he was a carpet merchant from Gaza. That perception is a reality, regardless of what he might have claimed to be or whether it's a social construct.