Thank you for your response. I mostly agree with you, although I think the situations you mentioned can have an indirect affect on personal and economic hardships. Perhaps this warrants writing a whole article on the meaning of “White Privilege.” But I agree, the word “white privilege” may be understood differently by different people. For now, here’s how Wikipedia defines it: White privilege is a social phenomenon. Although the definition of “white privilege” has been somewhat fluid, it is generally agreed to refer to the implicit or systemic advantages that people who are deemed white have relative to people who are not deemed white; it is the absence of suspicion and other negative reactions that white people experience.

The term is used in discussions focused on the mostly hidden benefits that white people possess in a society where racism is prevalent and whiteness is considered normal, rather than on the detriments to people who are the objects of racism. As such, most definitions and discussions of the concept use as a starting point McIntosh’s metaphor of the “invisible backpack” that white people unconsciously “wear” in a society where racism is prevalent.