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That means white people giving  up their privileged bubbles, right?[/quote]
You mean the poor white kid, sleeping on the sofa in the living room because his parents couldn't afford a 2-bedroom apartment, and studying diligently for As while his less motivated and less intelligent classmates hung on out street corner, and knowing that his only chance to attain a middle-class life would be if he got an academic scholarship to college, and having to work part-time during the school year to help bring in money, should get out of his privileged bubble?

Yeah, right.
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^Definition of a white person who doesn't understand what "white privilege" means.

-signed an Asian American who grew up poor and lived in a filthy tiny 1 br apt as a child of a family of 5
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There are countless kids of every color and race living as you described. The ones who also happen to be white and impoverished are not privileged.[/quote]
Again, you don't understand what white privilege means.    You don't have to ever worry about being racially profiled by the cops or store owners; a poor white person is treated better by our judicial system than a black person

A rich black person can still be racially profiled by stores than a not so rich white person.  A middle income black man can't get cabs to stop for him, while a poor white person would have no problem getting a cab to stop.

It's not about how there are some poor white people who struggle financially, but that white people, no matter their income level, will never have to struggle with the aforementioned issues.  Get it?[/quote]

What does any of that have to do with academics and college admissions?

(And ask anyone who has ever worked retail about profiling: class plays an element. How you dress, the purse you carry, the brands you display, and your manicure convey class to retail workers, and they most certainly do profile poor looking whites. Ditto for cops and the car you drive.) [/quote]
Nope.  You can be dressed really nicely and still be profiled.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/28/barneys-racial-profiling-shopping-while-black

It has to do with white privilege in general, and that includes jobs, which is the end goal for most people who go to college. Resumes with white sounding names get a call back at a rate higher than the same resumes with black sounding names.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/02/23/516823230/asian-last-names-lead-to-fewer-job-interviews-still

https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/mar/15/jalen-ross/black-name-resume-50-percent-less-likely-get-respo/[/quote]

When 6% of the population commits over 50% of violent crimes then you get profiled.  Why not drill down on why that level of criminality exists instead of whining about the results.  These are DOJ statistics BTW.....go look them up.[/quote]

Perhaps many are stuck in the cycle of poverty and have very few other options. Maybe we should think of ways to lift them up. Maybe AA can help. 
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We’re 50 years into AA.[/quote]

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