Is white privilege real? To what extent?

[RobertE]

I will bring up privilege again. Whenever I hear blacks, chinese, Korean or Japanese talking about white privilege, they should stop and think for a moment and realise how lucky they are to be able to have an education, have access to the latest technology etc. Again, I refer you to the caste system and the Dalits:

This is a relative old article, but it gives you a picture that is worse than what even the blacks are facing in the USA:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...ables.html

Statistics compiled by India's National Crime Records Bureau indicate that in the year 2000, the last year for which figures are available, 25,455 crimes were committed against Dalits. Every hour two Dalits are assaulted; every day three Dalit women are raped, two Dalits are murdered, and two Dalit homes are torched.

Then there is this damning statistic:

That same year, 68,160 complaints were filed against the police for activities ranging from murder, torture, and collusion in acts of atrocity, to refusal to file a complaint. Sixty two percent of the cases were dismissed as unsubstantiated; 26 police officers were convicted in court.

yes, 42,250 cases were thrown out of court.

Remember, there are always people who are worse off and to be honest, it makes me sick to listen to the constant moaning and whining in the West when in reality, they have got it so good.