• Writer Tracie McMillan claims being white has benefited her by $371,934.30

• She argues that her family was able to save money because of white privilege

• Her claims are detailed in her new book

A Brooklyn-based journ*list calculated exactly how much racism and white privilege has financially benefited her down to the last cent - coming in at a whopping $371,000.

In her new book, 'The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism,' author Tracie McMillan claims that being white has created a benefit worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

McMillan derived the number, in part, by tracing the amount of money she's received from her family over years, money she claims her family was able to save up over generations because of their whiteness.

Figuring largely into her final sum were educational loans that she received from her grandfather, totaling at $52,784.33.

McMillan, a graduate of NYU, where she studied political science, contends that her grandfather was able to give her this money because he had been able to accumulate wealth over years thanks to his whiteness.

She argues that her grandfather's wealth was rooted in benefits accrued from the GI Bill, a post-World War II piece of legislation that helped military veterans attend school and receive job training.

The Brooklyn-based writer argues that the GI Bill 'heavily favored whites,' and therefore benefited her grandfather at the expense of non-whites.

McMillan also received $40,384.72 as an inheritance from her grandfather, which, again, she contends was money that was owed to her grandfather's whiteness.

She also received $15,086.74 from her parents, which she referred to vaguely as a gift. McMillan, in a graphic posted on her website, fails to elaborate on why this 'gift from parents' was attributable to their whiteness.

The writer also cites 'avoiding foster care' as a consequence of her whiteness, which is an assertion that almost suggests that all non-whites are automatically in foster care.

She puts the value of avoiding foster care at $15,771.37.

But McMillan claims that the money she's received from her family is only one part of her 'white bonus.'

The NYU-graduate contends that her rent-stabilized apartment, has saved her $1,319.86 in costs due to discrimination that she never faced given the fact she is white.

Another white privilege was her 'job as a tutor with Maggie,' from which she claims she received $26,858.04 more than non-white tutors.

And McMillan also asserts that she's been spared $37,488.11 in credit discrimination when accessing credit.

Explaining her calculus to CNN, the Brooklyn Journ*list said: 'I calculate $146,000 from my family that probably they had because of racism.'

'I calculate $225,000 of money that I have had access to or equity I've gained probably because I was white. That's almost $400,000.'

Asked why she had written the book, McMillan said: 'I hope that readers who aren't White feel seen, too — that somebody out there who's White does see how this is happening.'

McMillan insists that her nearly $400,000 estimate only scratches the surface.

'All these are back of the envelope estimates. They are bare minimums.'

'The White Bonus,' McMillan's new book, focuses on how white privilege benefits the middle class because 'the middle class is really the fulcrum for White advantage in the US.'

In her book, McMillan lays out her argument that all white families in America have benefited because of their race,

'White people today do not understand — because this history has been hidden from them by previous generations — that somebody in their family got something because they were White.'

When McMillan announced her tour for her new book on X.com, formerly Twitter, some commenters criticized the book's premise.

One user wrote: 'Maybe we should re-label white privilege to “white, upper middle class” privilege. Since a lot of us that grew up poor didn't have the “bonuses” you enjoyed.'

Another commenter asked: 'Will you be donating all the profits from this book to black causes?'

And one critic observed: 'Money from inheritance, parents paying for college and loan from grandparents isn't a white bonus. It's a upper-class bonus.'

They continued: 'Go interview lower-class and middle-class white people and ask about their college, inheritance and loans from grandparents.'

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This isn't a great example but yes it's broken. My mom worked her whole life and only gets $800 at 73 because she worked low wage jobs without a degree. Chicken and egg bullshit coz they say had she earned more. My dad died and had SSDI and my mom couldn't get it as a survivor benefit and he barely didn't meet the basic SS requirement because he did too many cash jobs during his career since the low wage jobs (a fricking TEACHER) didn't pay much before he got cancer and couldn't work more. This shit is fundamentally broken and sadly no one cares. Old people who worked their whole lives shouldn't have to live out their cars (1)

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What ‘s insane, SS # used to be only for SS purposes. Now it's like a national ID. Stolen. ID stolen. Financial fraud. Yes it broken and it's just a slush fund. I'll pay in my whole life and get shit in return. Better system?: Gov takes money, same rate, and gives back at retirement to you or family at the same rate at US bonds. No one can steal. If you die your family gets it. As is. If you die, they keep it. That's a crime. Most goes to welfare and illegals who pay nothing. (1)

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"Because you have to pay for people who didn't plan." You mean people like me and my four and a half year old who didn't plan on my wife dying of cancer. Yeah, we're such buttholes. How could we not think of you first? (22)

What your selfish WIFE didn't think about when she was freeloading with her CANCER is that u/MD28A can no longer afford his SUMMER HOME in MONTANA and now has to wake up in a MILD SWEAT in April because he FORGOT TO TURN THE AC ON LAST NIGHTHow could you SSI-collecting leeches not think of the poor BILLIONAIRES and the MILD INCONVENIENCES that they now have to SUFFER through due to paying into the SYSTEM? Do you have any idea how hard it is to remember to turn on the AC before the first day of 80 degree weather??? (3)

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