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White privilege is something we use to describe unearned benefits that people who are white get simply because they’re white. For many of us who are white, we don’t notice. What does white privilege look like? It looks like when I walk into a store or a restaurant, I expect to be treated with respect, and generally I am. I expect to be given the best available table, and generally I am. I expect to go to the mall and not be harassed or followed in a store if I’m just browsing and not buying, as if I’m stealing something. That’s not always true for people of color. Therefore, white privilege. It’s important to think about white privilege as a white parent parenting a child of color, because fundamentally my experience of life is different than my children’s. And that has everything to do with how I’m going to be a good parent to them. If I don’t get that first important piece, I’m going to have trouble understanding what’s happening to them, what they’re feeling, what they’re experiencing, and how they might respond to it. If I understand what it is and name it, just like we do with kids. We have to name things for ourselves too.
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