Did you know, according to Theodore W. Allen, the "proletariat scholar" who helped pioneer “white privilege" theories...
...that before the 17th century, there was no such thing as a "white race?"
...that there wasn't a "white race" was not just semantics, but that the living conditions of free "whites" and "blacks" were about the same, and the living conditions of "white" and "black" chattel bond-servants were about the same?
...that the first chattel slaves in the colonies were "white" Europeans?
...that of the 92,000 European immigrants to Virginia and Maryland between 1607 and 1682, over 3/4 were chattel slaves with the great majority of them being English; among whom were the homeless, convicts, prostitutes, prisoners taken in rebellion, and kidnapped?
...that in 1676, Governor William Berkeley estimated about 1,500 European chattel slaves were arriving yearly, "the majority English, with a few Scots and fewer Irish?"
...that the "white race" was a social construct invented by the ruling class to pit "whites" against "blacks" and avoid future uprisings, as a response to a joint effort by both "black" and "white" bond laborers, among others, who rebelled against governing authorities in the Bacon's Rebellion of 1676-77?
...that the "privileges" granted to these lower class "whites," including thousands of white chattel slaves, were not perks to elevate these "whites" to the level of the elite ruling class, but were re-issued, English common law rights like the "privileges" to get married, carry a gun, read and write, testify in legal proceedings, and so on?
...that insisting on classifying each other as "white" and "black" actually perpetuates "white supremacy" because "race" is not natural?
...that telling the "white" working class that they benefit from "white privilege" is a lie, shrouding the fact that they are pawns used by the ruling elite just as much as "blacks" are?
Well. Now you know. This was the theory of "white privilege" pioneered and developed for over 30 years by the Marxist "scholar" who preceded Peggy McIntosh by more than twenty years.
So, the next time a Christian "social justice warrior" brings up "white privilege," ask him if this is his theory. If not, then explain to him that there is no such thing as a "white privilege" theory - singular - there are theories. Ask him why he deviates from one of the foremost pioneers of the field and then demand details.
Agree with Ted or not, Ted wrote a two-volume set of over 800 pages to make his case. It's time we demand these Facebook "scholars" who would seek to divide us and bring that nonsense into our churches to put up or shut up.