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The term 'white privilege' has been described as 'divisive' and 'unhelpful' by the head of the UK's equality watchdog.
Equality and Human Rights Commission chairwoman Baroness Falkner of Margravine has said in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph that young people are better off learning about civic rights than worrying about the 'innate advantages' of other groups of their peers.
Kishwer Falkner, 66, told the paper she regards expressions such as white privilege an 'unhelpful way of looking at society'.
She said: 'If we taught rights in the curriculum, human rights, civic rights, that would be the more relevant thing to teach our young people, rather than fretting about one group versus another group, and whether one group has had innate advantages that other groups don't have.
'I prefer a unifying discourse to a divisive discourse. And
