English Explanatory Dictionary

white privilege

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.

Word forms

white privilege

Synonyms

white skin privilege

Related words

critical race theory green privilege

Derived words

white privileged
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