Crystal,
Fredericksburg, VA
Honestly I am getting sick and tired of being told I need to apologize for slavery. I have NEVER owned a slave and refuse to apologize for something I had no part in.
I do not feel privileged in fact if a white man and a black man with the same credentials apply for a job guess who gets the job? Not the white man.
What I do see as racist is the fact that there can be schools and grants and organizations that cater ONLY to black people but if there were an all-white school or organization that is racism.
I hate that black people can be proud of their own race but if a white person is its racist.
I have LITERALLY had a social worker look at me dead in my eye when I was once homeless with a child and say these exact words to me “if you were black I could help”
Where is my privilege?
I have been mistreated by police before
Where is my privilege?
I have seen my children run off of playgrounds because the black kids said whites were not allowed to play
Where is my white privilege?
I hear “y’all white people” constantly
Where is my fight against racism? I am one person I am not all white people
I am not a slave owner
I don’t have not am I offered anything above what anyone else is offered. In fact, it is the opposite I have roadblocks because I am white!
Because I am white
statues of my descendants are being destroyed.
Because I am white
I cannot attend certain collages
Because I am white
My children cannot play at certain playgrounds
Because I am white
I dont qualify for certain scholarships or schools
Because I am white
I am not allowed to be openly proud of anything that portrays my race.
Because I am white
I am not allowed to have a voice without being attacked if my views do not match some others views
Because I am white
I am actually the one being discriminated against
