Wise is being completely honest with us. Wise is a bit of a realist and thus he has his own way of approaching race.  He doesn't deny the existence of white privilege In his life. He realizes that white privilege has pretty much gotten him to where he is in life thus far and he acknowledges that without its presence or if he were a minority that he would not be where he is. When you are born white, you are by default entitled to power and opportunities that are not granted to minorities.