Let’s see if white privilege has helped me or my loved one’s life. Here are just few things one should consider.
(1) SPECIAL ED CLASS- This wasn’t a class for those of privilege but those who knew they were truly not special. A label I took for 2 years of my life but carried throughout my youth.
(2) WHITE LOCK OUT – I didn’t feel to privileged when opportunities in business were locked out for me and my family because we didn’t have the right color of skin which continues today in diverse NYC.
(3) OUT PARTIES- I recall not being invited to parties/events rather then have a special key that let me in.
(3) WHITE LOCK IN- Privilege didn’t appear to knock on my door as the cell door was slammed closed after false charges were brought against me. That privilege didn’t buy me freedom only an expensive lawyer who was able to tell the truth.
Maybe it can be explained by the pigment of my skin for I’m not white in the Albino sense or could this “white privilege” concept be just used to insure those who make $$’s on racial divide continue to reap these benefits.