White privilege equals open vernacular relishment
Kathryn Sanders Summerville, SC I am white Southern woman . I will never forget overhearing a group of white co-workers harshly criticize a black co-worker’s...
Southern white privilege and racial ambivalence.
David Painter Winter Springs, FL I had a black southern Mammy in 1963 (who I adored), graduated from private, elite, lily-white high school in 1981,...
Owning my Whiteness, Becoming an Ally
Becky Christensen Ann Arbor, MI Despite growing up in a somewhat racially diverse area in the San Francisco Bay Area, I had never thought about...
Colorblind? How can you believe that?
Alec Malstrom Ann Arbor, MI I chose these words based on an interaction I had with a close friend who believed social justice work isn’t...
Why Do I feel So Guilty?
Jessica Kornstein Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan After talking about diversity and race in our class, I have felt nothing but...
Finally learned: reverse racism isn’t real.
Sara Davis Philadelphia, PA I was one of a handful of white kids in a mostly black public school, where I felt different. When I...
Always grateful to be born white.
Mary Ann Denning Corning, NY I grew up in a 100% white small city in Western NY. Although sheltered from race issues, from a young...
White privilege mostly invisible to whites.
Shawn Jackson Ann Arbor, MI Understanding race Project- University of Michigan Too many confuse class struggle with racial privilege and it causes them to deny...
I am the new mocked minority.
Jeremiah Harding Yucca Valley, CA As a straight white male, I am automatically viewed as the boogeyman in cultural issues. People who haven’t even stopped...
White equals privilege? Who’s racist now?
Scott Dillon Submitted via Twitter: @Scoddee @totn @michele_norris #TheRaceCardProject
Chinese daughter made me see ‘white.’
Kristina K. Albuquerque, NM Perhaps it takes a directly personal experience to be willing to see white privilege. We are a mixed-race family. My husband...
I can’t help my own privilege
Laura Rogers Seattle, WA I know I have privilege in our country, as an upper-middle-class white woman. I don’t need to be told this again...
White mother brown daughter love fear
Dina Stonberg Philadelphia, PA I have had the privilege to not have to think about race most of my life. Fell in love with a...
I don’t worry about my son.
Janet Newcity Chapel Hill, NC My son is the same age as Trayvon. I never am afraid that anyone will see him as a threat....
Can’t deny white privilege. Can you?
Toni Wilcox Tampa, FL As I age I become less and less optimistic that we, as a nation, will ever be able to leave racism...
