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The term “white privilege” is counter-productive, divisive and should be rejected, Boris Johnson’s race commission has said.
Part of its report – commissioned by the prime minister last summer in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement – argues the term reinforces a perception that being an ethnic minority in the UK automatically means being disadvantaged.
The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report, published on Wednesday, cites data suggesting 76% of Black people believe there is white privilege, as well as 59% of all ethnic minorities and 29% of white people.
However, in a section addressing language and race, the report says the term is “highly controversial and contested”.
It reads: “The phrase, coined in the USA, is undoubtedly alienating to those who do not feel especially privileged by their skin colour.
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