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[PaulP]

What part of that is related to race, isn't it basically an argument about wealth, is Hedges saying there are no wealthy African Americans at Princeton, or that there are no Caucasians in the poor schools?

Don't reference ghettos, eruvs or other enclaves, that is equally damning to all sides of the argument.

Apparently privilege is about being white, tell that to all the African American, Indian, Chinese or Hispanic traders who had the business trashed in recent weeks. Race has nothing to do with the majority of America's current problems, it's a society built on greed and capitalism.

It feels like a generalist argument. Perhaps the demise of South Africa leaves America and it's Institutionalised Racism unlike anything else on Earth, yet you apparently wouldn't want to be secondary schoolgirl in Nigeria. No matter what people in other regions and many Americians wish to believe or portray about the rest of the world, America's problems are American and bare little relevance to other regions!

If you've seen lots of white neighbourhoods, and you've seen lots of black neighbourhoods, as Hedges has, you may be inclined to join the dots and connect race to wealth.