Question

When Alexander, who is white, drives his car over the speed limit, a police officer lets him off with a warning. When Christopher, who is Hispanic, drives his car at the same speed as Alexander on the same road, the officer gives him a ticket, even though his record is clean. This is an example of_______.A. Affirmative actionB. White privilegeC. Intersection theoryD. The social construction of race

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter B.

Privilege gives white people higher wages, greater access to education, and even more ability to stay alive.

Being one of the consequences of racial inequality in the country since the period of enslavement, white privilege is a silent, naturalized factor in daily life that conditions blacks to the worst conditions of life and guarantees whites easy access to various types of social advantages.