Is white privilege real? To what extent?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

No, I don't think you do get my point, but that's par for you.  If you don't know what the treatment of minorities is like in your area then you're either stupid or willfully ignorant.

And how can you possibly say, 'I can't answer that'?  Of course you can answer.  You can either choose to be treated the way minorities are treated, or you can choose not to.  It's an either/or choice.  If you think there's no such thing as privilege based on race, then it shouldn't make any difference if you trade places with minority.

You might be the most woefully persistent jerk on these boards.

Boru

I get your point in the sense that I agree with you that minorities are treated badly. I said I can't claim to know what it's like because I'm actually white and haven't ever experienced what it's like to be a minority. I don't claim to know what it's like. I think that would be particularly arrogant of me towards people who actually go through it.

I never said there's no such thing as white privilege. I only asked what it is.

If you agree that minorities are treated badly, then how can you say that you can't answer whether you'd want to be treated the way they are? You don't have to know 'what it's like'. If you agree that they're treated badly, then you clearly wouldn't want to be treated the same way.

You've don't know what it's like to be eaten by a crocodile, either, correct? But you can understand that it isn't something you'd like to do. Fuxxake, you're thick.

Boru