Does White Privilege exist? If so, do you think White Supremacy exists also?

White privilege is just one more divisive and inflammatory statement. We were a nation based on equality of rights not results. Many want us to move toward a more socialist direction of equal results as seen in invented issues such as income inequality. With success and wealth comes more benefits and some privilege may be part of that. Oprah is far more privileged than I and rather elitist as well.

Cultural and personal choices matter and consequences both good and bad exist. Claiming others get ahead due to some unfair advantage is an excuse for ones own lack of success. To be successful increase your failure rate till experience and education create a high success rate.

I think us military folk have an advantage over the rest of the country, and even the world for that matter, when it comes to discussions about racial equality or inequality. We serve side by side with people from all walks of life and we realize we are all human and we need each other to survive, regardless of race.
Have I been blessed because I am white? Absolutely not. My family lived in fairly decent areas throughout the Midwest my entire life. We weren't always very well off by my Dad worked his ass off without a college degree to provide for us and to make sure we were in a position to succeed. Yes, I attended schools that were better than those in the inner cities, I always had clothes on my back and shoes on my feet and food on the table. But did I have all of those privileges because I'm white? Absolutely not, I had them because my father, who did not attend a very good high school and did not go to college, worked his ass off to make sure I had those things.
Does white privilege exist? On some level it does still. I also know there are people of other races who received scholarships based solely on their race. Who got jobs over me simply to reach a quota.

If everyone was viewed as a HUMAN, and if everyone worked their asses off none of this would exist. We would truly all be regarded as equal. I'll be Sgt Joel Barrett and you be SGT (Join to see) and let's just be brothers in the human race.

Great question by the way man.

At one point there was a White Privilege in some parts of the country. This was formally part of our legal system and in culture. At the time you could easily point out those privileges: segregated school, buses, stores, etc. Segregated military units ceased in the 1950s. On television in the late 60s we first started to see positive role models in Nichelle Nichols (Lt Uhura) and Ivan Dixon (SSG Kinchloe). The color barrier was broken in professional and college sports by the early seventies. We have broken the color barrier over time in all areas to now include the Presidency. Minorities can be found at all institutions of higher learning. I've read that 50% of all scholarships go to minorities.

So the real question should be - what privilege do whites enjoy that are not available to others?
I don't know of one.

These types of questions irritate me to no end. Whether these types of questions are posted here, on Facebook, or even on a piece of paper tacked to a post. All these questions (while the intent is probably different) do is release the Kraken of emotions, thoughts, and feelings to the point where it is no longer a civilized conversation. White Privilege and Supremacy is merely one side of the coin. What no one wants to acknowledge or talk about or even admit that it exists, is the Privilege and Supremacy that is non-white. Trust me, it's there. Seen it first hand.

But I digress. Truly this type of question is a double edged sword. In order to defeat racism and the mad flare up of over zealous emotions that go with it, one must talk about it and find a way to defeat it once and for all. But, then, when people bring it up and talk about it.....again that's when the over zealous emotions and ideas come out and next thing you know EVERYONE involved in the "conversation" is labelled a racist if they don't see the point of the other person and concede their own.

Truly damned if we do and damned if we don't.

As long as someone believes it exists it does.

I think the term is the same as using the "n" word. And keeping that in mind, we are going to practice some PC of our own. For example, "redneck' for starters. There are Spanish-speaking and black redencks. Also, following with this theme is to disallow, "Cracker, White Trash, Snowball and Peckerwood'. At the end of the day, we will all become so politically-correct that even talk will banned. Perhaps intent and mind control may be discussed. lol. I am not offended but when the black community and white liberals refer to Conservatives as 'racist" and multi-phobic, yet want to maintain a monolithic structure as it pertains to what blacks say and cannot say. No, I do not think that this concept exists. Just more hubris.. Hope I didn't ruffle any feathers or maybe I did. lol

I don't think you can have this conversation without getting upset.