white privilege

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white privilege

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uncountable 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.
Similar: white skin privilege

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noun societal conditions that benefit white people

中文	白人特權 /白人特权
Português	privilégio branco

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@misc{white_privilege_2026,
  title = {white privilege},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/white%20privilege},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}