Robin Dalton,
Spokane, WA.

I am not using my real name, and will obviously not post a photo. This is because even my family does not know how often I was picked up for shoplifting. I’m not a kid, I’m a 40-something white (Scandinavian pale) woman. The (white) security guards, defense/prosecution attorneys and judges continued to grant me ‘second chances,’ after four times in the courts and two more times with no charges pressed. Because I’ve been able to pay the fines and pass the various probation periods, I still don’t have an actual public record. I finally realized this year that I’ve only gotten these chances because of my skin color. A darker woman in my situation would have been to jail. White privilege is absolutely real. And it’s sick and wrong.