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white privilege

white privilege noun: the collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.

Noun

white privilege (uncountable)

  1. The collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.
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Questions about white privilege

What does white privilege mean?
White privilege means the collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.
What part of speech is white privilege?
White privilege is a noun.

Words near white privilege in the dictionary

  1. white potato
  2. white potatoes
  3. white power
  4. white precipitate
  5. white pride
  6. white privilege
  7. white privileged
  8. white propaganda
  9. white pudding
  10. white puddings
  11. white pyrites

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