An interesting exchange about white privilege in the comments of the DWB story I posted earlier

[cui bono]

89. It doesn't have to be a conscious thing or a rule passed down.

There are subconscious forms of racism. Some racism is ingrained from being barraged with racist angles in the media. Always hearing about black crimes, TV shows and movies having the criminals played by minorities and upstanding citizens played by whites. It can become ingrained without the person really even being aware of it. Same thing happens with sexism. Most movies only have a female to be the love interest. Women are objectified and airbrushed/photoshopped in advertising. The privileged group doesn't notice this stuff as much as the non-privileged because they don't get the negative end of it. So then people get influenced by the messages and even if it's not overtly stated racist rule or belief system it can come out in subtle, or not so subtle, ways.

Then when they are confronted with the claim of "white privilege" and they belong to that privileged group they don't get it. Especially if they aren't rich since they then compare themselves to TPTB and think they are nothing like that. But they don't even see how they are getting special treatment in all the little moments of their day, unnoticed by them, but noticed by those who are slighted.

Sorry, I don't feel like I stated my point very well. Hopefully you get the idea.