If it is true that...

White privilege has roots in European colonialism, imperialism, and the Atlantic slave trade

Then it must be true that...

The transatlantic slave trade and Europe's colonization of the Americas began a centuries-long progression of white privilege and non-white subjugation

If it is true that...

White privilege has roots in European colonialism, imperialism, and the Atlantic slave trade

Then it must be true that...

European colonialism was crucial in the foundation and development of white privilege