The fact that white people can walk down the streets without the fear of being shot is privilege.
The fact that white people dont have to shave their beards and fear a “random” security check at the airport over suspicious of their name, is privilege.
The fact that they can get away with things like school shootings whereas brown people are labelled as terrorists if they do the same, is privilege.
The fact that they are more likely to be called in for a job because their name sounds white is privilege.
The fact that they can ignore the #blacklivesmatter movement because it doesn’t effect their sons and daughters is privilege.
Not having to sit your son down and tell him he might be shot for his color is privilege.
Having constant representation of your race in society and media is privilege.
The list goes on and on. Yes, white people suffer but they don’t suffer because they’re white.
On another note: if youre white, what can you do? You can’t control your skin color and neither can you control what your ancestors did. What CAN you do to help?
Step 1) recognize your racial privilege. Understand how you are at an advantage in society by being white.
Step 2) use your privilege to bring light to the issues faced by POC. sadly enough, people are more willingly to listen to white people on this issue than they are to people actually affected by issues like racism.
If you are white, no one wants you to feel guilty for being so. You are who you are. Just use your privilege and help people solve their problems . That’s it.
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