white privilege

Noun

Meaning

white privilege (uncountable)

(sociology) The collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.

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Examples

White privilege is the ability to exist within that norm, pulled forward by its magnetism rather than repelled by its invisible force. Source: Internet

There are a lot of White people who know about White supremacy and White privilege in their lives, but (what White extremists are doing) is not blatantly in front of them. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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