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> Is it really so toxic to point out that the average white male in American society enjoys certain privileges that are unavailable to the average member of any other class?

Yes, it's divisive and helps no one, that's pretty much the definition of toxic.

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It's factually accurate, and recognizing that fact helps lots of people.

And it hinders a lot more because it pre-supposes that race is the root cause for a lot of social ills when it's really things like lack of access to education, which hurts poor white, black and end everything in between people.

It also get's used to diminish the accomplishments of many white people that did not have privileged backgrounds.

Pointing out the uncontroversial fact that the average black man faces challenges which the average white man doesn't diminishes the white man's accomplishment's ... how, again?

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