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Yes, there IS white privilege

In some areas, of course there is white (aka Caucasian) privilege. Let me count the ways:

1. In murder rates, whites clearly come out on top. They have the privilege of being fewer victims
White on white murder rates are 16%. Black on Black murder rates are 97%.
https://thedispatch.com/article/what-are-the-real-stats-on-black/

2. 72 percent of all black children live in single family homes.
https://newsone.com/1195075/children-single-parents-u-s-american/#:~:text=In%20the%20African%20American%20community%2C%2072%20percent%20of,%2824.3%20percent%29%2C%20followed%20by%20New%20Zealand%20%2823.7%20percent%29.
Only 19 percent whites live in single family homes.

3. Poverty rates show a white and an ASIAN privilege, in that white only families in poverty make up 8.6 percent of the country, same numbers for Asian families. The families with the highest poverty rates are American Indian and Alaskan native at 25% and blacks at 17 percent
https://www.statista.com/statistics/200476/us-poverty-rate-by-ethnic-group/

To break it down, blacks have been the victims of the Democrat welfare state, which has broken up their families and put them in ghettos. As a result, their scholastic achievement is inferior to whites and Asians; their family unit is mostly single parent; their safety in their own homes and neighborhoods is compromised since blacks commit most violent crimes. And because of the single parent thing, blacks live in poverty at the highest numbers.

I don't blame blacks as a race for this. It would be bigoted and racist to suggest that. Had the Democrats targeted whites for the affirmative action, welfare, etc, whites would be at the lower end of this study as well.
There is white privilege and you can thank the Democrats for that.
There IS institutionalized RACISM, and you can thank the Democrats for implementing affirmative Action (which is the JIM CROW of the Seventies).
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DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
I'll accept the idea of white privilege and systemic racism if you can,simply and clearly,answer one question:exactly how does the West Virginian coal-miner have it made in comparison,to,let's say,Beyonce?🤔
@DavidT8899 Sorry dude, cherry picking will never identify anything systemic. For that, you'll need statistics.

According to the ACLU’s original analysis, marijuana arrests now account for over half of all drug arrests in the United States. Of the 8.2 million marijuana arrests between 2001 and 2010, 88% were for simply having marijuana. Nationwide, the arrest data revealed one consistent trend: significant racial bias. Despite roughly equal usage rates, Blacks are 3.73 times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana.

"Nationwide, ... Despite roughly equal usage rates, Blacks are 3.73 times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana."

THAT, my friend, is what systemic bias looks like.
@ElwoodBlues Precisely.
Reason10 · 70-79, M
@DavidT8899 Nobody is suggesting systemic racism doesn't exist.
There is, after all, a DEMOCRAT PARTY, without which there wouldn't be any racism whatsoever.
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@Reason10 And you'll notice that nobody answered my original question involving Beyonce..........
@DavidT8899 The question was senseless cherry-picking, as I explained.
@DavidT8899 It can be true that men are generally stronger than women, but one can obviously find some men who are weaker than a given woman.

If the statistics support a properly-worded statement such as

"Men are generally stronger than women"

the finding of a single counter-example is meaningless.

If the claim is the stupidly worded

"Men are stronger than women"

then ANY counter-example shows its falsehood.



You are railing against "white privilege", but you are trying to assail this statement

"White privilege exists/is real."

with a single example.

You'd have to show that all white people are doing no better than all black people to prove your point with respect to only one non-white group.



However, you chose very poorly.

How many very rich black people like Beyoncé are there? Far more than there used to be, but there are still many more rich white people.

Check this out:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/wealth-inequality-and-the-racial-wealth-gap-20211022.html