While few people are now openly persecuting colored people, there is still a difference in treatment in many situations. They are small things but it's constant. I'm somewhat unique in that when I tan, I look almost mulatto. But when I don't, I'm lilly white. I try to keep my tan low to take advantage of my privilege.
Just a few examples from the past week. It absolutely still does exist:
-I can freely walk around resorts where I am not a guest. Use their beach, pool, etc. The colored people walking in next to me get carded like clockwork while I get waved through with a smile.
-You’re waiting for a taxi after a long day next to a colored person. All things equal, who do you think will get picked up first?
-You’re walking out of a store and a sensor beeps at the same time you walk out near a colored person. Who do you think will be waved through and who will be searched?
-It’s far easier to get away with certain infractions when white. I'm not going to go into detail here.
I abhor the way many black people behave in this country but white privilege does exist on some level. For whatever reason, whites are statistically more likely to have money, less likely to be violent and less likely to break rules. I openly take advantage of that perception of us. .