White Men of Privilege

White men of privilege is where society feels that the economic systems and power are in heavy favor of White males.  It is to believe that in America, the privileged upper-middle-class and middle class hold all the economic wealth and power and are viewed to be the "Top Dogs" in our society.  They are usually the people with the high-end jobs, living in the suburban neighborhoods, driving nice cars and living a comfortable lifestyle.  

Having lived in the Bay Area all my life, it is definitely a place of diversity.  I live in Mountain View and I grew up in a pretty urban area, filled with mixed races, and most people living in nice houses and apartments.    It wasn't until high school where i realized that there was a big difference of successful white people to people of color.  I went to Mountain View High School.  I grew up with average people whose parents had average jobs; some blue-collard and some white-collard jobs.  But, when high school came around, kids from Los Altos Hills and Palo Alto also came to our school.  These kids were driving BMW's and Mercedes  to school, living in 2-3 story houses.  These parents worked in Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft and Oracle and Google.  I did noticed that mostly all these kids were of White-European descent.  I cannot speak for all of the Upper-Middle Class, but most were White or Asian.  You can sprinkle in a few blacks, but honestly no Latinos.  

Do I believe that there is "White men of privilege"?  Honestly, yes.  Through my own experiences, I noticed that these guys definitely held the power in the society and community.  Can I honestly say it is fair?  Yes and no.  I believe it is fair because not of parents I know are second-generation wealth that has been passed down to them.  These guys have worked for their keeps.  On the other hand, there are a lot of opportunities that White men get that some people of color or gender get.  I've seen well qualified people not get a job over a White person.  I agree that there is a Hierarchy of power.  I will really start to believe that this would be a big problem IF the amount of Colored people increase (which it will and has) and there is a small percent of Colored people that would be considered Upper-Class or even Middle-Class.