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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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@Reason10 says
I'm just pointing out that whites and Asians have lower poverty rates, ...
EXACTLY.

And it doesn't take an Einstein to consider the possibility that the higher poverty rates - which drive all the other bad stats - could easily be due to racial discrimination.

And we can do more than consider the possibility - there's a large body of scientific literature showing how discrimination directly causes poverty; here's just one heavily cited study; more available upon request.

Experimental audit studies focusing on hiring decisions have consistently found strong evidence of racial discrimination, with estimates of white preference ranging from 50% to 240% (Cross et al. 1989, Turner et al. 1991, Fix & Struyk 1993, Bendick et al. 1994; ,,,

Statistical studies of employment outcomes likewise reveal large racial disparities unaccounted for by observed human capital characteristics. Tomaskovic-Devey et al. (2005) present evidence from a fixed-effects model indicating that black men spend significantly more time searching for work, acquire less work experience, and experience less stable employment than do whites with otherwise equivalent characteristics. Wilson et al. (1995) find that, controlling for age, education, urban location, and occupation, black male high school graduates are 70% more likely to experience involuntary unemployment than whites with similar characteristics ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2915460/

Oh yeah, let's not forget discrimination in policing. Lots of people smoke weed, but blacks are nearly 4X as likely to be arrested for it.

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."
@ElwoodBlues Thanks for your well-footnoted info!
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Reason10 · 70-79, M
@SomeMichGuy The info is a lie and the footnotes do not come from a reliable source.
Might as well be the View or Mother Jones, or Stormfront.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@ElwoodBlues You said: "And it doesn't take an Einstein to consider the possibility that the higher poverty rates - which drive all the other bad stats - could easily be due to racial discrimination."

Racial discrimination is right. I have yet to see a white person behind the counter at the Post Office.
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