&gt; because you&#x27;re part of one of the dominant social groups.<p>I wish this comment would be at the top instead of the ones talking about skin color. I just don&#x27;t understand the United States obsession with looking at discrimination in a black vs. white way. Discrimination against minorities is what it really should be termed.<p>All over the world, politically dominant segments of population discriminate against the politically weaker. Sunni vs. Shite, Catholics vs. Protestants, Hindu vs. Muslim, Brahmins vs. Dalits, Western Europeans vs. Eastern, Chinese vs. Taiwanese, the list is endless. You can interchange the phrase &quot;white privilege&quot; or &quot;is it because i&#x27;m black&quot; with any of the above minorities, and the effect would be the same (in the relevant country of course).<p>Shifting the conversation from discrimination of minorities in general, towards discrimination specifically based on skin color is a very narrow minded view, and in my opinion, more likely to cause harm than trigger solutions.