Privilege lives everywhere, silent but deadly
Ava Zahm, Irvine, CA White privilege is something I’m embarrassed to have learned about so late in my life. As a young white woman, I...
Easy Acknowledging Privilege, Hard Surrendering It
Jason Snyder, Staten Island, NY As a middle aged white man, if I’m wearing the right costume and assume the right attitude, I can go...
“You’re speeding” the white cop said.
Shreya Venkayala, Worcester, MA Living in Massachusetts and being Indian, I have had the privilege of never having anything particularly bad happen to me because...
Raised in white privilege. Unlearning.
Catherine Hill, Fort Wayne, IN I have tremendous admiration for non-Caucasian Americans who swim upstream every day. I am now aware of the current I...
Not wanting to deny my roots
Laura, Red bank, NJ. Let me just start by saying that racial forms are the death of me. I keep clicking back and forth between...
But where are you really from?
Dionyves Martin, The United Kingdom Growing up mixed race is confusing. All too often you are expected to choose sides as if part of a...
What did we lose becoming white?
Rosa Friedman, Philadelphia, PA. My grandparents came to this country as children of Jewish families from eastern Europe. In order to become accepted as part...
I hate being called “white girl”
Stephanie Wichowski, Mount Olive, NJ,. I’m proud to be Polish and part Irish but because I’m white and a girl I automatically get grouped into...
I can see and hear you
Hailey, Tioga, PA As a white woman in the United States I have learned to recognize my privilege. Growing up in a rural area has...
So privileged but yet so overlooked
CP, Freeport, IL As an white male I feel apart of a group of people that aren’t discriminated against but overlooked. I’ve never felt any...
My queerness dilutes my white privilege
Nhyx Webb, Minneapolis, MN Being a queer person in the US makes me super aware of the censure and judgement that others experience. Although a...
Not a thing. Just geography + time.
Odile Sullivan-Tarazi, Redwood City, CA. Of course, culturally it has been made a thing, and a thing which privileges some and penalizes others. We need...
Privilege, Stereotype’s, Socialism, Classism, Acceptability, Strife
Marvin Lucas, Deerfield Beach, FL From My experiences, perspectives, objectives, hopes, and dreams. There’s a variation with each individual, groups, and cultures. And yet My...
Educating Myself on My Own Privilege
Rhiannon Emma Farr, Minneapolis, MN I haven’t lived a great life, nor a terrible one. I suffer depression and anxiety and other mental illnesses and...
Straight, white male not a privilege
Timothy Cox, Winchester, VA Lord Fairfax Community College All I can say is that I have worked hard for everything I have.
