Police abuse Black political activist as he moves into his own house

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

33. The fact that you can't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

And words evolve in their meanings. You want to cling to a 40-50 year old definition, while the world has moved past you and your condescension about 'well-meaning college kids' and 'malcontents'.

'privilege' literally came from words that meant 'private' or 'hidden' 'laws', and that's the way it literally applies to the phrase today. Society has separate and unequal unwritten laws about how white people are treated and how minorities are treated. And given that minorities get the short end of the stick constantly, I see no reason they should be expected to be 'content' in a society that automatically considers them 'suspicious' or 'dangerous' simply because they have a bit more melanin in their skin, one in which they are constantly treated as potential perpetrators by police, while their white counterparts are citizens to 'protect and serve'.

So 'there you have it'. The phrase means more today than it did a half century ago.

Edit: Actually, having read a thread on this elsewhere, apparently you're the only one who ever believe it meant something different 40 years ago, unless you've finally managed to produce even one social scientist who supports the meaning of the phrase you keep clinging to.