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> I couldn't imagine going to a restaurant and getting a discount because the owner and I are both white. What about a job? Or a political position? Or a promo

• jiggy2011 14y ago
  You won't get a job simply because you are white, at least in a place where whites the majority, though it would be interesting to see how this works in places where whites are a minority. It's more likely that you simply won't be discriminated against. It also means that you are statistically more likely to belong to a minority group that does have privilege, for example the minority group of people with high wealth. Of course you might well not belong to such a minority group. So for a poor white , the fact that bill gates is rich does not really help you. I think this is where a lot of where the confusion regards these issues comes from.