Study: White people react to evidence of white privilege by claiming greater personal hardships

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110. Focus on how people of color are equals

and deserve to be treated like equals by white people. Very few white people at this point don't accept that. (The ones who don't probably think white people ought to be privileged, or that it is due to their innate superiority they think exists)

Listen to people of color's stories about how they were followed in a store and question yourself - are you doing things like that in your daily life? Be aware of possible prejudice and don't just other people unthinkingly and maybe judging people of color more harshly than you do white people for the same things.

Integration was the focus at one time and I think there they had it right. If people don't know each other, it is easier to generalize. Try to have some black friends (I know that's unpopular too, but I really think it helps members of the privileged group see others as equals - I've even known of anti-gay people who once they know someone or someone in their family comes out - suddenly they are all gay rights supporters. People identify with the people they know).

It's not easy - and I don't have necessarily good answers. but I see the white privilege meme does not really convince white people and a lot of them do just what the OP article says.