““White privilege” is just another way to heap unearned shame on whites and keep the victimization of the black race narrative alive.”
My “white privilege” was to have two loving parents who taught me good values, insisted I work as a teen for my spending money (paper route, field hand for a farmer, mowing lawns, painting houses), pushed me to succeed in school, and then sent me into the world at age 18 with a couple of sets of clothes, common sense, and a burning desire to make something of myself. Somehow I missed the trust fund and inherited wealth author of the article speaks to.
Sadly, many black children do not benefit from two loving parents who teach good values and insist on performance in school. The real white advantage is cultural, not monetary.
You are absolutely right. It is a lack of the “victim” mentality, a realization that one is always responsible for oneself.
These are the lessons and values so often modeled by the father that the black community lacks. Heck, even Bill Cosby tried to change this attitude in the community, and they rejected his truth; this was long before the sexual assault accusations came to light.