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In reply to the discussion: As a 67 year old white man, let me address this to my fellow Caucasians: [View all]Marthe48
(16,908 posts)talking to my daughter about white privilege. We were having a spirited conversation, as she thinks white privilege is having automatic access to advantages, while I think white privilege is taking for granted that your children will come home every day, and not get shot or worse. As we walked and talked, passed several other shoppers, got a lot of glares too. Guess whatever we think white privilege is, some people don't want us opining in front of them. Too bad. Maybe we planted a seed.
Another story about meeting an exchange student: As an AFS voluntter, I met a girl from Ghana. The first time we went out, she complained that she could not find hair products. At that time, there was 1 black family in Washington Cty. and it wasn't her host family. I worked for a beauty college at the time, and knew some stores where she could get what she needed. Her problem made me realize how hard it can be to be a minority somewhere. I can get hair care products anywhere. What if I couldn't? It was a little thing, but helped me to understand bigger things.