Let's talk about white privilege.

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8. We can be allies.

We white people currently own the greater American culture. Thus we are the gate keepers, and to change this issue peacefully, we must open the door from our side of things.

So for my part as a white man, I had to spend some time thinking about privilege is and getting past it in my mind. I had to overcome not just the privilege I get simply by existing, but also the guilt that goes along with it. Once I figured out I've got nothing to be guilty for, I was able to move on from it and become an ally.

So where I see privilege being exercised I call it out. We instinctually suspect an outsider and distrust what they say. Its a thing all human beings do. Thus, there is an additional weight when one on the inside, like me, calls it out. Whites need to speak up to the injustice of white privilege, the more we do, the better things will be for everybody.