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With the understanding that privilege can exist in everyone and in just about any instance - we can understand how white privilege exists and how it has negatively affected many people who are not white. Recognizing how history plays a huge role in the upbringing of these privileges, we can identify the socioeconomic factors, as well as the socioeconomic standing that demystifies how white privilege has negatively impacted people in America and sets them up for involvement in the Criminal Justice system. The following concepts are discussed: Defining Privilege and Recognizing when you have it, Privilege in terms of class, race, and gender, and economics.