In addition, During the era of the 1900’s black privilege was getting paid 40% less than whites, either little or no education, not being able to be served in certain places, having sections to …show more content…
White privilege is being able to get away with almost anything because of the color of your skin, white privilege is controlling, white privilege is the majority, I believe white privilege is defined as this because majority white people hold powerful positions which control the minority. For example, in The book race class and gender the book talked about Color Blind Racism which is also called race blindness; This is a term used for the disregard of racial data or profiling. One of the quotes I found in the book was “How is it possible to have this tremendous level of racial inequality in a country where most people, ( white's) claim that race is no longer a relevant social factor and that racists are a species on the brink of extinction.” I like this quote because it shows that white people have the privilege of being blind to racial inequality. That they don't have to see that racism is still a problem because they have superior privileges that go