The acknowledging of white privilege is a simple, intellectual acknowledgement of the cultural and structural barriers that people of colour sometimes face. It's child's play to understand the point. My adopted black son gets approached by police more often than white kids. An equivalent gender example is that women need to be far more careful as regards personal safety at night. Conclusion? White men are less often assumed criminal and are safer. Because of culture. Simple grade 6 level reasoning, people. The idea doesn't contradict a dream of a colour-blind society; it compliments it by acknowledging and challenging the fact that we're nowhere near one yet. Primarily because of reactionary neocon arguments like Wente's here.  Objectors to the concept can't see they're blocking the drive to the full equality they ostensibly value. Wake up. Or hit that high school curriculum you're so dubious about. Because you just don't get it.