I’m accepted but my child isn’t
Chelsea Thorne, Keene, NH I chose these words because as a white woman, I do not face prejudice because of my race, but my child,...
White female, eager learner, poor listener
Terry Tringali Killoran, Sterling Heights, MI I had black friends growing up. I thought I did. We played together at school and after school at...
Privilege is Ability to Choose Blindness
Hannah Oh, Provo, UT I grew up thinking that “colorblindness” was laudable. To be colorblind was to be “not a racist”. When people brought up...
Love knows no color, just connection
Sarah P, Durham, NH p>As a white woman dating a black man, I have gotten questions before about making sure I would be okay with...
I will not let a garage scam me.
Michaela Power, Durham, NH The moment I received my license, I found that there was a preconceived notion that society had placed upon me. As...
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...
I worry about doing, speaking wrong
Amanda, MA As a white, middle class person I worry I’m not aware of how my privilege impacts me and others; I want to be...
Don’t Bring Home No White Girls
Anonymous, TX. Said a well travelled Black American female veteran to her biracial, trilingual, and dual citizen son. Behind her, in full agreement, stood her...
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...
White woman black restroom Frozen
Sylvia Anderson Albuquerque, NM Raised in Detroit, parents liberal, family on both sides of civil war. Grandfather said “The south likes the black man and...
Just another do-good white woman.
Margaret Davenport, Vienna, VA. This was said to me by a black male student in a high school program for disadvantaged but very bright, high...
I am a not an object
Megan Hoban, Ridgefield, CT. Being a caucasian woman in the US I see sexual assault every day. I am proud to be who I am...
Seeking humanism mutuality commonality above all
Pajarita Charles, Madison, WI My life as a white, middle-aged, educated, and otherwise very privileged member of society has left me seeking opportunities to find...
Left Crying in the Bathroom Floor
Charlie, USA. I brought my car in for an oil change (in the predominantly black area I live in) and they told me that it’d...
Glad my daughter is not white.
Nice White Lady, San Francisco, CA. I’m a white mom to a brown daughter who can’t shake the shame and embarrassment that stems from a...
Guide To Your Privilege Right
Z Frohna, Los Angeles, CA. So. I’m a white woman who lives in L.A. But I’m also disabled, and a part of the LGBT+ community....
