One has to think of privilege as a self-contained, self-propelled endeavor. The white privilege of individuality afforded to the biker gangs—thugs—and their murderous shootout as an isolated incident, as a singular event or, perhaps, even one of many events confined to the gangs themselves, as opposed to the larger white American population, is ingrained in the American imagination, indeed perhaps around the world. It is a privilege that one doesn’t have to give up even in its acknowledgment. The privilege of white privilege means you can denounce its application without relinquishing it.
Source: salon.com