I'm surprised how many DU'ers think aknowledging white male privilege is somehow bigoted

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393. Well, ideally what you say is true.

The current discussion of white privilege, however, is the acknowledgement that, at this point in time, it does exist (though its applicability in the context of any particular situation can be debated). Racism does exist and effects people in real ways, blacks are less likely to be given the benefit of the doubt in our legal system, they do suffer indignities that a white person wouldn't, etc. White privilege is not being subject to, or having to worry about those things. It doesn't necessarily imply that you or I are at fault for those things, though it would be better if all people of all races worked together for solutions.

My post was simply to suggest that the lower a white person is on the socioeconomic scale, the less likely they will be to realize, acknowledge or be affected in a positive way by white privilege.