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The guy telling you white privilege doesn't exist
He has textured hair and beard - I don't want to be a phrenologist here but there's a good chance he's just light-skinned or mixed-race.
Not saying white privilege doesn't exist but this may not be an example of it.
The document gives his name as Michael Acevedo, so he is probably Latino.
I think the more straightforward answer here is imperial military privilege.
Military privilege is def a thing in the US that goes beyond the tangible benefits (some retail stores giving discounts to veterans and such)
Had a grandfather that served in the air force for a long time, any time he got pulled over for speeding he'd 'accidentally' give the cop his old military id first. He rarely got ticketed.
Could be mestizo... or creole (white ethnic spanish born in Latine America)
I mean, Latines are not a race, but an all-encompassing group of Lusophones and Espanyophones in Latine America, of varying races...
That is true, but the vast majority of Americans do not think in these terms. Because of that, many Latines who'd be considered white in Latin America arguably lack white privilege, or have it to a lesser extent than Anglos.
My point is this guy is likely not viewed as white by his community.
Also, as far as white privilege can go, arrested and charged white heroin dealers do not typically (and never explicitly) get off scot free for being white, but this guy faced 0 consequences explicitly because he is in the military.
That is true, but the vast majority of Americans do not think in these terms. Because of that, many Latines who'd be considered white in Latin America arguably lack white privilege, or have it to a lesser extent than Anglos.
Well, now'd that I think of it, I thought more of the technicalities rather than the social construct of his status...
I get that, happens to me as well
when you're ambiguous, you are what the cops think you are
