saying that a heroin addict on the dole in Middlesborough has some sort of white privilege
You've missed the point there. Imaginary addict is obviously having a shit time of it, but they haven't had to also deal with some of the extra barriers that being a person of colour in a system or society that is generally harder to get by in as a person of colour, that's the gist of white privilege, doesn't mean every white person gets an easy go of the rest of life and all it throws at you.
You've missed the point there. Imaginary addict is obviously having a shit time of it, but they haven't had to also deal with some of the extra barriers that being a person of colour in a system or society that is generally harder to get by in as a person of colour, that's the gist of white privilege, doesn't mean every white person gets an easy go of the rest of life and all it throws at you.