Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Odds are a black person will have a harder time finding housing than a white person. A white person doesn't need to be racist to benefit from that. Being white comes with the privilege of having less odds of being discriminated when looking for housing.
Odds are a black person will face jail time if he/she is found with marijuana on their person and that jail time will be longer. A white person has less odds of facing jail time they are found with pot on them, and if they end up in jail, odds are their time there will be shorter.
Odds are that I will have a harder time finding housing than another white person if I dress in baggy pants and a t-shirt. Odds are that if a white guy dressed in that same baggy pants walks into a car dealership next to a middle eastern man in a button down shirt, slacks and dress shoes, that white guy will be ignored.
People in professions that deal with money profile based on economics, not color. They do it because it works. If it didn't, they wouldn't do it. Sometimes they will misjudge someone doing it that way, but not so often that it doesn't make sense to continue the practice.
It's unfortunate, but as a whole the black and hispanic communities are economically worse off. I'm not talking about disparity in the same job as a white person where both are equally qualified. That's racism. I'm talking about the much higher drop-out rates that black and hispanic people have when compared to the white community. That's a cultural/social difference that results in most of the economic disparity. Drop outs who work as grocery clerks are not going to make as much as educated people.
White privilege isn't the problem, and it really doesn't exist. Most of what is called white privilege is racism and/or economic in nature. What needs to be done is to shift the views of the black and hispanic communities so that they view education as more important than they currently view it and become more educated. If they shift their attitudes towards education, they will simultaneously shift their economic situation higher and the "white privilege" issues will be greatly diminished. Racism will never be gotten rid of completely.
Please note that I'm not saying that every individual in those communities holds that general view. There are many individuals who do value education and they are making far more than the bulk of their community.
Oh, and just to drive the point home that economics is the major issue, I will also face far more jail time than a rich person who is accused of the same crime. Even simple drug accusations. Money matters. I couldn't get away with a tenth of what Lindsey Lohan and other rich and famous people get away with on a regular basis.