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What are the advantages you receive due to white male-ness?

(Note: I'm asking about advantages to an individual, not statistical advantages to a group. )

-No imbred fear of inferiority. -Acceptance all across the nation if not the globe. -Inspirational historical role models that you can relate to taught by default(save for february...lol) -Less chance of long-term jail sentencing for proportional crimes -etc... the list can go on. This is not to say that you should feel bad for having a slight advantage, but not to recognize it can be confusing to those who have lived with the disadvantages.

Interesting - at least two of the disadvantages are entirely self inflicted (inbred fear of inferiority, unwillingness to be inspired by people of a different race).

I'd be curious to see numbers for the jail sentencing claim. It sounds plausible, but numbers would be nice.

Only in the sense that any psychological issue stemming from abuse is self-inflicted.

Less likely to be stopped by police is just one.

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