Todd Maxwell
Omaha, NE
Look, I get the whole white privilege thing. I read “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” and I understand it. What I don’t get is how any of that stuff supposedly helps me, gives me a boost, other than in some vague self-esteem sorta way. (That’s putting aside several items that have just proven straight-up wrong in my personal life.) That’s my way of saying that I recognize white privilege as existing, but I don’t see it as anything particularly meaningful in the face of simple self-confidence. I mean, yeah, waking up each day feeling good about myself and having the world to affirm it (which, trust me, it does not if this website is any testament) probably gives me a bit of a leg up. But for my time and energy, I’ll take cash.
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