"White Privilege Glasses" Help White People See Non-Existent "White Privilege"

The Chicago Theological Seminary launched a cheesy advertisement on Monday designed to raise awareness about “white privilege” by having the white character in the ad don special “white privilege” glasses, reported The Daily Caller.

The man puts the glasses on outside as he walks past a young white mother on a sidewalk, at which point her demeanor immediately changes from warm and friendly to cold and suspicious.

The next time the man puts on his white privilege glasses, he is approaching an intersection. Once he puts on the glasses, two street signs named Washington and Jefferson (presumably for George Washington and Thomas Jefferson) are both replaced with the words “slave owner.”

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Later, the man puts on the glasses while in a convenience store; once he does, the shopkeeper instantly loses his smile and begins staring at the man with a suspicious look on his face.

Watch the silliness for yourself:

The absurd ad basically tried to connect shady behavior by some people — and for the record, we all run into shady people now and again — to some ubiquitous entity known as “white privilege.”

The ad also attempted to make white people feel guilty just because some black people remain perpetually obsessed with the tribulations faced by their ancestors. Seriously, who in their right mind thinks about slave owners when they see streets named after our Founding Fathers?

Racial grievance mongers … that’s who!

Interestingly enough, the so-called “white privilege glasses” surely didn’t help its wearer see all the special grants, scholarships and programs that black people receive as per their race.

Regardless, “white privilege” is nothing but a myth, as this comment on YouTube perfectly explained:

If anything, “white privilege” is nothing more than the privilege of being treated based on how you conduct yourself. And FYI, it is a privilege shared by every single person in the United States of America, including black people!