How has use of the term "white privilege" harmed you?

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153. When I applied for a beer driver job in Idaho in the mid 80's and got it, I can

guarantee you that the best black beer driver in the country would not have gotten that job. Not a chance! He could have had flat assed, stone cold proof that he was the best wherever he came from and it wouldn't have mattered a bit. They would have told themselves that the accounts in our small towns just wouldn't deal with a black driver/salesman and they would lose sales. I suppose that may have been true to some extent but if he was a really good guy and reasonably tough, I'd bet his overall numbers would have been pretty good.

You'd also have to take into account something I'm not exactly sure how to explain. Like at my high school the only black kid was extremely popular despite there being a relatively high level of racism. I always kind of thought kids that were otherwise racist, given the opportunity to know someone of a particular minority will get to be friends with them. I think they look at them as being "one of the good one's" despite generally believing all the stereotypes about all the others they never know. The black beer driver might actually do real well even in a little redneck town if he got a chance.