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Let's assume that you're completely right, and a white person has all those privileges that you pointed out.

Now let's compare this theoretical white person to a theoretical black person with none of these privileges. One caveat though, the white person is poor and the black person is rich.

Now the question is, does the economic privilege of the black person offset the other privileges of the white person?

In my opinion and the opinion of the person you're replying to, the answer is yes. Economic privilege generally outweighs other privileges, so focusing on these other privileges seems counterproductive if we want to increase equality.



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