Consider a white child living in a trailer in Clay County, Kentucky. He lives in one of the poorest parts of the country, with perhaps the worst quality of life, and one of the highest suicide, overdose, and drop out rates. Where does "white privilege" come into play for him?
Imagine going up to this child, whose mother is addicted to painkillers and whose father committed suicide years ago, and who is almost certainly doomed to a life of third world poverty, and whose life expectancy is years shorter than yours, and telling him he is privileged
And if you tell me that he is privileged in a "systemic" sense, I need you to give me an example of one system -- any system, anywhere -- that favors poor white kids in trailer parks. Which system, exactly? Because it seems to me that these people are forgotten by all systems.
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