white privilege
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
- (sociology) The collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:white privilege.
Translations edit
societal conditions that benefit white people
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “white privilege”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “white privilege, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “white privilege”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “white privilege”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.