I have friends that fuss when I use the term 'white privilege' but what you describe is exactly what I classify as 'privilege'.
Buffett calls it the 'ovarian lottery'.
Buffett calls it the 'ovarian lottery'.
Would you be comfortable with saying that someone who is committing a crime is "acting black" because black people have a higher prison enrollment?
'privilege' speaks not to one's own decisions, but one's own environment.
I'm disappointed. I thought abuse of the term 'racism' required greater sleight of hand. I'm only just starting to understand it
This criteria is nonsense. If you have an asian guy committing a crime and you say he's acting black because he didn't get enough white privilege, both of those components are racist. His crime and his relative privilege level have nothing to do with his skin color.
Would you be comfortable with saying that someone who is committing a crime is "acting black" because black people have a higher prison enrollment?
Whereas a poor white kid might be less likely to be stopped, but also not really able to defend themselves if they are stopped.
Finally, a poor black kid is more likely to get stopped and not really able to defend themselves if they are stopped.