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In reply to the discussion: Why I don't like the term "white privilege" [View all]okaawhatever
(9,461 posts)drunk driving. As the officer goes to turn on their blue light they notice the driver is a Chinese individual. If the officer decides not to pull over that vehicle due to the nationality of the driver then yes, it's Chinese privilege.
As a white person in this country, I am statistically more likely to be hired for a job. I am less likely to get arrested in the same situation as a black person. I could go on. That is white privilege.
The way the term white privilege is used in this country, I would say you had Arab or African privilege when you worked in central Africa. You mentioned that since you didn't look western you didn't carry colonial baggage. If the people you did business with treated you more favorably because of a quality you possessed but didn't earn, then you had privilege.