Whites are simultaneously privileged by and harmed by racism

Evidence

We recognize the importance of “privilege” inthe constitution of whiteness, but resist the reduction of white identity to nothing more than privilege. We note that while whites generally benefit materially from racism and thus have an interest in perpetuating it (Harris 1993; Lipsitz 2006), they are also hurt by racism and therefore have contrary interests in reducing or ending it. — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 103

Categorization

• XREF: Speaks against reductive privilege models; connects to Harris and Lipsitz on whiteness as property. — connects to: Racial division damages white and black Americans alike — Marianne DeKoven, Utopia Limited: The Sixties and the…, 815; White supremacy is economically and geopolitically self-harmful — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 668; The white race is defined by skin privilege shared across class lines (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 103