A protester holds up a sign about white privilege at a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in London. Carol Moir/Alamy June 25, 2021 Learning about white privilege isn’t harmful to white working class children – viewpoint Wendy Sims-Schouten, University of Portsmouth; Naheem Jabbar, University of Portsmouth, and Patricia Gilbert, University of Portsmouth After a report from the education select committee suggested the term does more harm than good, it’s worth unpacking what it actually means