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black privilege

black privilege noun: the collective advantages enjoyed by some black people over others, or over people who are not black.

Noun

black privilege (uncountable)

  1. The collective advantages enjoyed by some black people over others, or over people who are not black.
    • To win, a Democrat would have to insulate himself against charges of racial liberalism, of being weak toward black crime, and of favoring unearned black privilege. A Democratic nominee would also have to come up with a way of handling Jesse Jackson that did not alienate blacks, as Al Gore had in...2002, Jeremy D. Mayer, Running on Race: Racial Politics in Presidential Campaigns, 1960-2000 (page 227)
    • Modern middle-class blacks do not see cultural attitudes and displays — whether they are new or long-standing practices and traditions unique to blacks — as being in conflict with their socioeconomic privilege. Instead, they experience black privilege. The late 1960s were particularly...2020, Cassi Pittman Claytor, Black Privilege: Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend (page 20)

Examples of black privilege in a sentence

  • To win, a Democrat would have to insulate himself against charges of racial liberalism, of being weak toward black crime, and of favoring unearned black privilege.2002, Jeremy D. Mayer, Running on Race: Racial Politics in Presidential Campaigns, 1960-2000 (page 227)
  • Instead, they experience black privilege.2020, Cassi Pittman Claytor, Black Privilege: Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend (page 20)

Questions about black privilege

What does black privilege mean?
Black privilege means the collective advantages enjoyed by some black people over others, or over people who are not black.
How do you use black privilege in a sentence?
To win, a Democrat would have to insulate himself against charges of racial liberalism, of being weak toward black crime, and of favoring unearned black privilege.
What part of speech is black privilege?
Black privilege is a noun.

Words near black privilege in the dictionary

  1. black poplars
  2. black powder
  3. black power
  4. black prince
  5. black princes
  6. black privilege
  7. black propaganda
  8. black pudding
  9. black puddings
  10. black quahog
  11. black quahogs

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