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“White Privilege”: Myths and Facts
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“White Privilege”: Myths and Facts

By Ari Armstrong

Jun 08, 2014
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The left’s campaign against so-called “white privilege,” although misguided, rests in part on an important truth: Throughout much of America’s history, governments and many private individuals horribly mistreated various ethnic minorities. The most glaring example is slavery; other examples include policies stripping rights-respecting American Indians o…

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