White Privilege Thesis

Each and every single white person in western society, regardless of class, gender, or sexual orientation, benefits from institutional racism. This unfortunate truth is due to a concept known as white privilege. White privilege is an innately invisible aspect of life that grants white people certain advantages in life that are not given to people of color. Often seemingly innocuous details many would not consider important, white privilege elevates one race above the rest through societal catering to said race. This societal privilege specifically discriminates against people of color, leading to a racial imbalance and unfairness that has been historically present dating back to well before the colonization of the hemisphere. All white people are racist because they are granted privileges based solely on their skin color. White people, even and especially unconsciously, are part of a system of discrimination where white children grow up in a racist society, benefit from said racism, and do not have to constantly battle against an entire government and society. To claim all white people are racist is not an attack on their character, but instead forces white people to be spurred on to take action in ways claiming some
This is a country founded on the blood of slaves, the tears of natives, and the sweat of immigrants. In response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, our very own supposedly progressive President Franklin D. Roosevelt, ordered the mass incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese – many of whom were American citizens – who were forced onto internment camps. Despite the connection of Italians and Germans to the Axis-power, no similar actions were taken against them (Irving). White privilege is that the actions of an individual, or small group, is not a stain on the entire race. Whereas people of color must always bear the consequences of the few as a