Ya Know... Over My Years Here... I've Had Several PM's And/Or Responses... Asking Me...

[JDPriestly]

61. Yes. Most folks want acceptance right where they stand.

I cannot imagine what it is like to be perceived as African-American, and I suspect that African-Americans cannot imagine what it is like to be perceived as White and to be White.

I read posts that talk about white privilege. I know it exists. It is the sense that you are just normal. As far as I know, white people don't think about their own race. We recognize other people's race but since we are used to being in the majority numerically in this country, we just think of ourselves as average, as normal.

I have been wondering recently (after reading all the posts about white privilege), what can a white person do or say to change the situation so that white privilege becomes less of an issue for people of other races and maybe eventually not an issue at all. Most white people don't do anything to obtain a privilege based on race.

Any ideas about what could be done to reduce the problems in our society that arise from white privilege. Remember, I understand it to be that simple feeling that I have as a white person that I am normal in that respect, unhappy about my straight, thin hair, but normal and free to forget about my own privilege. What can be done about this?