This is attacking a straw man. People aren't trying to guilt-trip white people, although guilt is a negative, unintended side-effect of the real effort.
The real effort is for white people to understand their privilege. The article addresses this:
> not all white people are majestically privileged
This is simply untrue. There were explicitly, literally racist federal housing policies until only a few decades ago. Law enforcement is still racist. For example, more black people are arrested for drug use than white people, even though all races use drugs at roughly the same rate.
The degree to which white people are privileged varies a lot, and some white people are genuinely not benefiting at all from their privilege. Society should do something about that. Solutions for black people should serve people of all races.
White people shouldn't be guilt tripped, but they shouldn't argue that they don't have automatic advantages from being white, either.
The real effort is for white people to understand their privilege. The article addresses this:
> not all white people are majestically privileged
This is simply untrue. There were explicitly, literally racist federal housing policies until only a few decades ago. Law enforcement is still racist. For example, more black people are arrested for drug use than white people, even though all races use drugs at roughly the same rate.
The degree to which white people are privileged varies a lot, and some white people are genuinely not benefiting at all from their privilege. Society should do something about that. Solutions for black people should serve people of all races.
White people shouldn't be guilt tripped, but they shouldn't argue that they don't have automatic advantages from being white, either.