To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (344524 ) 7/28/2007 6:39:10 PM From: tejek Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575792 Ted, > Whites always get special treatment in this society. I know a white couple, the wife being a public school teacher, who would bristle at your ignorant statement. Most white people don't know its special treatment because they have been treated that way their entire lives. Defining “White Privilege” by Kendall Clark white privilege, a social relation 1. a. A right, advantage, or immunity granted to or enjoyed by white persons beyond the common advantage of all others; an exemption in many particular cases from certain burdens or liabilities. b. A special advantage or benefit of white persons; with reference to divine dispensations, natural advantages, gifts of fortune, genetic endowments, social relations, etc. 2. A privileged position; the possession of an advantage white persons enjoy over non–white persons. 3. a. The special right or immunity attaching to white persons as a social relation; prerogative. b. display of white privilege, a social expression of a white person or persons demanding to be treated as a member or members of the socially privileged class. 4. a. To invest white persons with a privilege or privileges; to grant to white persons a particular right or immunity; to benefit or favor specially white persons; to invest white persons with special honorable distinctions. b. To avail oneself of a privilege owing to one as a white person. 5. To authorize or license of white person or persons what is forbidden or wrong for non–whites; to justify, excuse. 6. To give to white persons special freedom or immunity from some liability or burden to which non–white persons are subject; to exempt.whiteprivilege.com Ever notice how the women of color considered most beautiful in this society look white except for their dark skin: Halle Berry, Beyonce, Eva Longeria etc.White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack seamonkey.ed.asu.edu