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In reply to the discussion: A very quick comment on the diffusion of white, male privilege... [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)a) lack of access to education. More likely to be disciplined, suspended, expelled or drop out
b) disproportionate incarceration and harsher penalties for the same crime
c) greater unemployment
d) mistrust and suspicion
e) poorer health outcomes
f) limited benefit from social programs: e.g. a black person pays the same % of taxes for social security, but on average derives less benefit.
g) greater violent crime victimization
h) are more likely, during times of conflict, to be the ones sent to die on the front lines
Oddly, male privilege manifests itself in exactly the same way.
White privilege exists. Male privileges don't manifest in such a way as to yield any tangible benefit. At worst, the net effect of gender privilege is zero.
Second: privilege isn't about "bad guys".