Is white privilege real? To what extent?

[paulpablo]

I have a gripe with the English language because I use words the way they are defined in the dictionary?

Dictionaries document usage, and almost always lag behind the current usage.

Language evolves. Dictionaries track linguistic evolution. They do not freeze it.

Furthermore, simply because two groups enjoy privilege doesn't mean you cannot examine one group's privileges in detail. And it certainly doesn't mean that there can be no overlap in privileges.

Both my sis and I, as kids, had the privilege of staying out late so long as we behaved. That doesn't mean we were treated equally.

I agree with all of this. The only difference being possibly the conclusions drawn in light of all this being true.

If it's true then that privileges overlap races then why label them relating to one particular race?

Personally I don't do that with much else like this. I don't call rap music black music. I don't call shooting cops a black crime. I don't say basketball and running are black sports.

I'm all for examining the privilage of one particular race, but don't create a phrase implying exclusivity to whites people relating to it.

Examine the crime rate of black people, come up with statistics, but don't call certain crimes black people statistically are more likely to commit black crimes.

Imagine if there was a crime that black people were committing as a racial group the second highest in the US and Asians were the number 1 perpetrators of that crime and we called that crime black crime.

I'm not saying being privileged is a crime, just pointing out the similarity in saying something is a white privilege when Asians are more privileged in that area.

Which as I've said isn't always the case, I have said there are some things white people genuinely are more privileged than any other race in.