Poll re white privilege

[Bonobo]

76. I'd like to, especially if it wouldn't label me as a "white privilege denier"

Things are feeling a bit like a witch hunt these days on DU and I am not sure that there is much room for nuance without being attacked.

But since you have kindly invited me, I will add my personal experience as a Jew. Some Jews are very identifiable as being Jewish. My father was one and me too in a way. In the area we grew up in, we could not date certain people, could not join certain country clubs (Yes, country clubs, middle class people did those things 40 years ago!) and would not have been welcomed in many other settings I am pretty sure.

Even now, Jews don't have all the openings that what we considered "real White people&quot W.A.S.P.s) could enjoy.
I imagine this is true not just for Jews, but for other ethnic looking caucasians as well.

So, within White Privilege, there is a great deal of variation on just how far that privilege extends. Was I as privileged as a WASPY woman? IDK. But just my own experience suggests that it is an issue on a sliding analog scale rather than one which is yes/no digital.