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I'm not sure "privilage" is the right term in this scenario. For me, the term "privilage" would be more fitting to describe rich people.
I know you have good intent, but if we go around calling straight white cisgender men "privilaged", that's just fueling the "culture war" when we really should be focusing on the class war.
Social privilege is 100% a thing. You can bet that the fact that a white person doesn't receive subconsciously ingrained doubt and xenophobia from literally everyone else pretty much ensures that a white person will be subconsciously favoured. (edit:) this doesn't mean that they will necessarily receive a cornucopia of riches, but it pretty much guarantees that they'll be first pick for the football team, so to speak.
Same goes for Maleness™ and Cis-ness (?), they are perceived as defaults, as standards. It also applies in the neurotypical-neurodivergent face-off.
In short, as long as there is any kind of "other" and one is not perceived as part of it, one is intrinsically privileged.
(edit 2:) And the only thing which trumps social privilege is money.
Stop this racist, sexist, heterophobic thinking.
What you're thinking of is 'majority privilege' not 'white' privilege. A white person would experience the same things elsewhere in the world. It's natural for communities to want some sense of normalcy and to strive for most of their populace to conform. And "cis" being the default state of things is why you were born in the first place to spout these stupid shitty ideas. You come from a long long line of cis-gendered people. Being straight is the default. It will always BE the default. It's a requirement for the survival of the species.
This is an interesting discussion, because my understanding of "whiteness" suggests that it isn't limited to anglos. It's more of a bias in favor of lighter or fairer skinned individuals in any and all cultures. I believe it's due to the expectation that darker skinned individuals work outside for a living (e.g. the fields), whereas lighter skinned individuals have less sun exposure due to not needing to work outdoors (due to wealth).
This occurs in numerous societies around the globe. In areas where darker complexions are rather common (africa, india), skin lightening treatments are apparently quite popular.
There's some truth to your statement (such as white farmers in south africa having their land repossessed post apartheid), but i think it's a more complex bias than most realize.