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Poor White Kid, Wheres My Privilege?

April 6, 2017 CA, CBU HIS311, Chris, MI, poor, poor white, privilege, redlands, rural, single mother, welfare, white privilege

Chris,
Redlands, CA.

Growing up on welfare, to a single mother in rural Michigan, I learned not to expect help from anyone. However, my whole life I have heard of this privilege that we all are given given because we are white. While I’ve never been in another persons footsteps, life hasn’t been very easy, and I have earned everything I have gotten. While there are definitely some racist people in this world, not always does it work in the white mans favor. Racism goes many ways, and I should not have to feel apologetic for being born white. What I have I have earned and fought for, NOTHING was given to me out of privilege.
CBU HIS311

I won’t apologize for my ancestors

October 8, 2015 Ancestors, anonymous, apologize, guilt, IL, poor white, prison camp, Race, South, transgression

Anonymous,
IL.

Life is hard enough for everybody without guilting everybody for transgressions they had nothing to do with. My ancestors fought for the South, and they were poor white conscripts who starved to death in a prison camp. They didn’t care about race.