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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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CMV: The idea of white privilege is damaging to poor white Americans.

I went to a wealthy liberal arts school and I believe white privilege totally applied there. However, I would argue that a rich person of color is far better off than a poor white person. I feel like the term is useful in certain contexts, but diminishes the experience of a white person who feels they definitely are not privileged. I guess my belief boils down to the fact that I think your socioeconomic class has much greater impact on your opportunities in life than your skin color. That being said, I’m aware that the two are quite correlated.
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The idea of "privilege" works on the principle of "All else being equal".

For example, if you're talking about white privilege in the context of a poor white person, that person is privileged relative to a poor person of colour.

That's not to say that all white people are better off than all people of colour. There are many types of privilege, including race and socioeconomic.  It's not about a competition about who's better off based on what privilege they do or don't have. It's about recognising that not everybody has the same experience as everybody else.