Privilege i.e.white-male privilege Honesly looking for a line of reasoning not debate.

It seems my opponent doesn't understand white privilege hence his inability to argue against it. A privilege is a special right, advantage, or immunity granted to a particular person/group. If I can outline an advantage of being white -- that is if I can specify advantages of being white vs. being non-white, then I will have won this debate as it proves that white privilege exists. Just because white privilege exists doesn't mean other privileges don't exist; there are privileges to being non-white in certain scenarios. And keep in mind that just because white privilege exists doesn't mean that white people don't suffer. White people can be poor and suffer and yet still experience the benefits or advantages of being white. * When a white person is articulate (or even speaks normally) people don't act surprised. Black people are told that they "talk white" when speaking properly. In fact black people are sometimes mocked for not fitting into certain stereotypes that expect them to dress, sound or behave uneducated. They are called "Uncle Toms" when perceived to be acting "white" or if they hold conservative points of view [1]. So white people are allowed to form their own political opinions without expectation based on their race, whereas minorities are presumed liberals and taunted for deviating from the norm. * White privilege means no one questions why you were admitted or employed -- it"s assumed you were qualified as opposed to the assumption that you were only let in through affirmative action programs. * Having white skin means people are hesitant to label you a terrorist. Out of 182 non-jihadist terror attacks in the US between 2001 and 2015, 165 were white [2]. We consider a white terrorist to be a disturbed individual; we consider a non-white terrorist to represent a group. * White people are profiled less. More young black men were stopped by the NYPD in 2011 than there are young black men in New York City. Meanwhile only 10.5 percent of stops had incidents of "violent criminal activity" as justification for the stop. [3, 4]. In other words, people are stopped because they LOOK dangerous and not because they actually ARE dangerous. If they were dangerous, the stops would be fruitful as in yield stronger numbers... but they don't. The ACLU has investigated and found the majority of profiling is based on racism - not just in NYC but in Boston and other major cities (especially Detroit) all over the U.S. [5]. Thus you are more likely to be profiled, stopped, frisked and ultimately bothered by cops if you are not white... which means being white is a privilege. * Despite the presumption that we're beyond racism, studies show that we are still very much a racist country. According to Gallup polls on interracial marriage, mixed communities and education, many Americans are still uncomfortable with black/brown people and (not so) secretly hold racist ideals. Yet there are extremely few people that are racist toward white people. The vast majority of racism is directed at non-whites [7]. This is an obvious advantage of being white. Non-whites have to worry that new people they meet might discriminate against them; white people don't have to endure that fear regularly if at all. * There's also institutional racism... and it starts young. NPR reported that black kids make up just 18 percent of the pre-school population, yet are suspended in almost 1/2 the cases [8]. This trend persists in suspension throughout childhood [9] and into adulthood. Consider that black college graduates, on balance, have much harder time finding work than their white peers [10]. I could go on and on with statistics and examples. The point is that there are some benefits to being white proving that white privilege exists. Again, just because WP exists doesn't mean that white people don't suffer. It simply means that being white affords people opportunities, protections or advantages that non-whites do not experience. In some cases, there are benefits to being black/brown. But those scenarios are the rare exception. On balance, there are far more advantages to being white than non-white. Thus being white is - by definition - a privilege. [1] https://www.quora.com... [2] http://securitydata.newamerica.net... [3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [4] http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [5] http://www.mitpressjournals.org... [6] http://ijr.com... [7] http://www.ijreview.com... [8] http://www.npr.org... [9] https://www2.ed.gov... [10] http://www.huffingtonpost.com...