The problem with little white girls (and boys)

[Nuclear Unicorn]

11. Exactly.

I work where my husband works. Part of that includes handling payroll for the crews who know nothing of insurance, payroll taxes, etc. They would starve if left to their own devises. I, on the other hand, have no knowledge or physical capability to do what they do and without them I would have no purpose.

That the author has no discernible skills is not a matter of race because there are plenty of white women and men who are quite capable (I wonder how many of the masonry elves that rebuilt her fumbling construction attempts were white?). In fact, I'm curious as why the adults in the story allowed them to engage in construction work but insisted on allowing them to not be properly instructed. If they were going to allow the children to do the work they should have also given them the requisite knowledge.

This isn't a cautionary tale about white privilege, it's a tale about crappy child rearing.