[Shivetya]

It is imaginary, its a guilt trip imposed by those who need it to profit off of or as an excuse. Oh it definitely existed, don't get me wrong, there were times every countries history where it did.

The real bogeyman is pretending that people don't discriminate against their own kind. Just as in society as in work people have prejudices against those they don't know any many are formed based on societal norms.

Assigning privileged just because of skin color is another form of racism. Its an excuse. Not every white person was born on the right side of the tracks, not non-white was either. Fortunately most of us don't think of privileged status based on color, unfortunately some only do.