Is white privilege real? To what extent?

[abaris]

I think America is off the charts for white privilege. It exists in Europe too, but America... You can have a presidential candidate who is married to a Slovenian woman, who wants to kick the Mexicans and Muslims out.

But oh, she's white, so she's not a trespasser... it's just Manifest Destiny (in capital letters for a reason, look that phrase up) that The US is a white country, after all.

It's not that different in Europe. We just don't notice, since we're not on the receiving end. But wanna bet who's stopped and frisked by police more often hereabouts? Wanna bet, who's more often on the receiving end of police brutality? Wanna bet, who's having a harder time when dealing with officials?