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[Alex]

My problem with that list is that it generally equates race with culture. A third-generation black person born and raised in upstate Minnesota isn't going to be feeling a loss at the lack of soul food in the local grocery stores.

Yes, majority is a form of advantage, but not all of those advantages are caused by race differences. When I moved to Hawaii it wasn't a racial disadvantage that the food selections and musical trends changed, merely a cultural one; an ethnic Hawaiian whose family lived in Vancouver, WA, for as long as mine has would have been at the same disadvantage and all the white locals born and raised in Hawaii get just as nostalgic for good poke when they move away as any of the racial Hawaiians.

And a lot of the examples, in my opinion, trivialize the issue of race (or cultural advantage) to a degree that dilutes the whole idea. As a left handed person I form a distinct but small minority. It is a "race advantage" that I can't write with cheap pens and not smear the ink or that people assume I lack in manners because I am clumsy pour soup from the right-handed ladles used at Sweet Tomatoes. In an idea world I wouldn't face these minor obstacles but I don't for a moment believe that they of malign intent.

All of which is not to say there is no longer significant structural issues of race discrimination or privilege in this country even if much reduced from the past. I just found the list mostly trite.