# White privilege justifies racist policies?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 12, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-privilege-justifies-racist-policies/634452 "2012-09-12T00:36:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-privilege-justifies-racist-policies/634452/61 "2012-09-15T00:34:08Z")

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> [@Derleth](#):
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> If you wish to be spoon-fed, here: Class is more important than race in every respect I’ve seen race being brought up.

Dude, telling people what you believe instead of playing 20 questions isn’t spoon-feeding them. That’s a ridiculous view of the world.

But now that you’ve given the Big Reveal, I appreciate it, and I can say: that’s also ridiculous.

Of course class is important. So is gender. But race is also super-important. The game of “most important” is a losing game that I have no interest in playing, so I’ll just ask you a single clarifying question: do you mean to suggest that race is unimportant?

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