White Denial
When you pretend to be shocked or in a state of denial on hearing new information purely for the benefit of the conversation.
1.
John: That pint cost me 4 pound! Can you believe that?
Sarah: (who already knew that and is in totally white denial) never!
2.
Layla: He told me I was fat and that he fancied my sister!
Mark: No! (Is totally in white denial and would totally fuck her sister)
John: That pint cost me 4 pound! Can you believe that?
Sarah: (who already knew that and is in totally white denial) never!
2.
Layla: He told me I was fat and that he fancied my sister!
Mark: No! (Is totally in white denial and would totally fuck her sister)
White Privilege Denial
A state of individual or group denial that whites in the U.S. or globally, have imperceivable or apparent, inherited, inherent, socio-economic advantages afforded by the past or current exploitation and disenfranchise-ment of other races or cultures, despite overwhelming evidence, which usually includes, but is not limited to, citing personal failures, citing the progress of the disenfranchised group, and the use of humor or sarcasm to confirm and reinforce the denial.
White privilege denial is rampid these days.