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'''White privilege''', or '''White Skin Privilege''', is a [[social]] relation that can exist as a right, advantage, exemption or [[Immunity (legal)|immunity]] granted to or enjoyed by [[whites|white persons]] beyond the common advantage of |
'''White privilege''', or '''White Skin Privilege''', is a popular social concept today denoting a [[social]] relation that can exist as a right, advantage, exemption or [[Immunity (legal)|immunity]] granted to or enjoyed by [[whites|white persons]] beyond the common advantage of nonwhites. It is a form of [[racism]] expressed as preferential treatment within a society. As racism is usually understood to be punitive towards [[Colored|people of color]], white privilege is said to be a universal benefit to its recipients. It explains such phenomena as Caucasian boxer, [[Gerry Cooney]], receiving an very large amount of money for his [[1982]] fight with [[African American]] [[Larry Holmes]], even though he was an untested contender. Exmaples from popular music include [[Elvis Presley]], credited with popularizing "black music" with white audiences, as well as [[Eminem]]'s popularity as a rap singer. |
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Parallels are often drawn between white privilege, [[male privilege]] and [[heterosexual privilege]]. |
Parallels are often drawn between white privilege, [[male privilege]] and [[heterosexual privilege]]. |
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Critics of white skin privilege from the [[political left]] sometimes point out that the white skin privilege analysis belittles or ignores the [[social class|class]] and economic nature of racism, and that in its zeal to brand all white people regardless of economic stature (including, presumably, [[white trash|working-class whites]]) as "beneficiaries" of [[racism]], it spends less time actually taking concrete actions against racism on the job, in surrounding culture, etc. However, such criticism is not widespread, and most groups |
Critics of white skin privilege from the [[political left]] sometimes point out that the white skin privilege analysis belittles or ignores the [[social class|class]] and economic nature of racism, and that in its zeal to brand all white people regardless of economic stature (including, presumably, [[white trash|working-class whites]]) as "beneficiaries" of [[racism]], it spends less time actually taking concrete actions against racism on the job, in surrounding culture, etc. However, such criticism is not widespread, and most left groups -- including some favoring [[socialism]] and [[communism]] as endgoals -- fully endorse and support the white skin privilege analysis. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 02:09, 20 April 2005
White privilege, or White Skin Privilege, is a popular social concept today denoting a social relation that can exist as a right, advantage, exemption or immunity granted to or enjoyed by white persons beyond the common advantage of nonwhites. It is a form of racism expressed as preferential treatment within a society. As racism is usually understood to be punitive towards people of color, white privilege is said to be a universal benefit to its recipients. It explains such phenomena as Caucasian boxer, Gerry Cooney, receiving an very large amount of money for his 1982 fight with African American Larry Holmes, even though he was an untested contender. Exmaples from popular music include Elvis Presley, credited with popularizing "black music" with white audiences, as well as Eminem's popularity as a rap singer.
Parallels are often drawn between white privilege, male privilege and heterosexual privilege.
Critics of white skin privilege from the political left sometimes point out that the white skin privilege analysis belittles or ignores the class and economic nature of racism, and that in its zeal to brand all white people regardless of economic stature (including, presumably, working-class whites) as "beneficiaries" of racism, it spends less time actually taking concrete actions against racism on the job, in surrounding culture, etc. However, such criticism is not widespread, and most left groups -- including some favoring socialism and communism as endgoals -- fully endorse and support the white skin privilege analysis.
References
- WhitePrivilege.com, an anti-racism resource
- McIntosh, Peggy. Unpacking The White Knapsack
- Roediger, David R. The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (Verso, 1999)
See also
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