When someone hears the term “White Privilege”, immediately one would assume that it denotes a meaning that a specific race has ‘privilege’, or special treatment, that other races might not receive. However, the term “White Privilege” goes beyond what the eyes see, like Peggy McIntosh, an anti-racism activist, suggests, it is “an invisible package of unearned assets that I can count on cashing each day, but about which I was ‘meant’ to remain oblivious.” In other words, McIntosh is saying “White Privilege” is not entirely a status, special treatment, nor a certain standing in a social structure, but is instead, in its most inherent and intrinsic definition, a subtle but yet powerful phenomenon that subjugate us as social creatures to conform to its power of giving certain races advantages that are oblivious to our own knowledge. …show more content…
Moreover, social stratification has always been within every society, ranging from a horticultural society to a post-industrial society such as ours. Given that context, an average person would immediately assume the term “White Privilege” is an expression that relates to the authority of white people over the people of color, However, this isn’t completely accurate - it is more intricate than the given webster