White Privilege In America

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society is somewhat misleading. In this case, "ruling" is not meant to indicate that the group or individuals in question are running the society with any sort of explicitly official sanctioning. I chose to use the term "ruling" because it points to the way certain groups in a society or community tend to have dominance in the workings of the society. Any time a society functions in such a way as to grant advantageous situations, goods, or services to one group of people and not to others, a condition of "ruling" might be said to exist. The group who is placed in advantageous positions will, naturally, have more power than the other groups, and will encounter little to no resistance in meeting their goals. McIntosh describes this concept with reference to white people:
I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets that I can count on cashing in every day, but about which I was "meant" to remain oblivious. White privilege is like an invisible ...

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