White privilege exists

Once again, I'm going to do some point by point rebuttals. "is is true because in fact, poorer white people are more widely dispersed, while poorer black people are ghettoized, as in more concentrated in predominately black areas. What my opponent fails to take into account, however, is that this still constitutes white privilege." Does it? Let's examine that definition from earlier once again. White privilege (or white skin privilege) is a term for societal privileges that benefit white people in western countries beyond what is commonly experienced by the non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. My opponent's statement doesn't constitute white privilege. He has not shown that a white person born in the same conditions will have the an easier life or other advantages than a black person in the same boat. We need to see some eviof it to prove White privilege exists. "black people had a much harder time being economically successful, leading to the eventual creation of the projects, which is a large part of why poor black people are historically more concentrated into an area than poorer whites." Racism is a very large part of America's history and there are still some traces of it here today. Poor black people being concentrated into certain areas is a remnant of the past. They may be more likely to start out in the ghetto but the question is are they treated differently than a white person in the same situation, and the answer is no. I know white privilege is an extremely popular myth but it's just that a myth. "black youth are disproportionately affected by the school-to-prison pipeline. And it is not because black youth are just worse behaved, as emotionally and mentally disabled black children are also disproportionately affected" I really wish you would use better citationsbut I managed to track down this study anyway, and you miss a few key points. http://ocrdata.ed.gov... The New York Times actually explaiquite well why these difference happen between races and it's not because teachers are racist or that white privilage exists. White kids in the same circumstances arly to experience the same outcomes in punishment. Here is what the New York Times state after analyzing the Data. "Black students are more than four times as likely as white students " and Latino students are twice as likely " to attend schools where one out of every five teachers does not meet all state teaching requirements." "The Education Department"s report found that black, Latino, American Indian and Native Alaskan students are three times as likely as white students to attend schools with higher concentrations of first-year teachers. And in nearly a quarter of school districts with at least two high schools, the teacher salary gap between high schools with the highest concentrations of black and Latino students and those with the lowest is more than $5,000 a year." http://www.nytimes.com... Those are a lot of the factors that explain the difference in stats, but more exist. For example numerous studies have concluded that minority parents are less likely to be as heavily involved in their childrens school life. http://www.nova.edu... It's this lack of involvement that can lead to bad grades and behavior problems which would increase likelihood of being suspended. "it is still the case that in the case of such proportional representation, white people are still setting the system." As long as the system they ceate treats minorities the same as whites, it cn't be called white privilege. Refer back to the definition. "My opponents main issue is that they look toward the surface of what is happening in the country, without looking at underlying historically supported causes of these currant circumstances." I'm aware of these historical trends and how they're playing out. Black people may very well be disadvantaged as a result of them but it doesn't qualify as white privilege. They may be born into different circumstances more frequently as a result of their history but the quest is are they any more disadvantaged than a white person born into those conditions, and the answer is no. "a black individual and white individual of the same economic level and in the same demographic in all other aspects but race (age, sex, ect.), the black individual will more often have a more difficult tome moving up the socioeconomic ladder." This has not been demonstrated at all. Every single possible example of White Privilege that has been brought up has just as easily been knocked down. CONCLUSION I took a risky approach in this debate just focusing on negation but I've negated every single fact my opponent has brought up. Given the evidence provided you must vote con. White Privilege is a myth.