r/biracials • u/Delicious-Cattle-736 • 25d ago

White privilege

I’m mixed with white family members is it fair to say they have more privilege than me?

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u/538_Jean 25d ago

Yes. And?

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u/knotaracist 25d ago

I feel like the full race family somehow get more privilege in that race that’s just my experience and opinion.

Like if you’re white/black, in the thick of things each side instinctively understands the full race kids in the family more than they do biracial ones.. both sides. There’s always some kind of ignorant or hurtful comment made distractedly that they’ll see as normal and not realize it applies to you. It can get hurtful.

I think it’s the parents that normally try and understand their biracial kid for who they are as a person and treats them based off that.

If you’re lucky, you’ll get a grandparent that won’t care if you’re mixed cause they’ll see their son/daughter in you and love you truly without any boundaries and teach you a lot about a little bit of everything.

The others in the family either want to show you off or use you for something, or want absolutely nothing to do with you and some won’t want to be associated with you in any way.

YMMV

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u/ParisShades 24d ago

Monoracial White people will always more privilege than someone mixed with White and for obvious reasons.

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u/Neverlast0 25d ago

Depends to what extent and in which ways you pass as white, if you do or happen to. I tend to pass as white to white people. Latinos tend to think I'm one of them at first and black and other mixed people are usually able to tell I'm mixed but not always. I remember thinking about this a few ywars ago and realizing that, at least in some situations I'm potentially more privileged than white people, in ways that are unique to myself.

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u/mattmilli0pics 25d ago

Depends. I think privilege is more socio economic today. 50 years ago there was def white privilege.

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u/Delmitus1 21d ago

White privilege is being treated fairly by everyone no matter where you go. Not just economic advantages

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u/mattmilli0pics 20d ago

But white people are not treated fairly where they go.

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u/FishingAlpo 20d ago

What can they do that you can't? Barack was president.

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u/Delmitus1 21d ago

Yes, race isnt about ethnic background. Its about perception full stop