In the past, part of my problem with the notion of white privilege has been that mostly white people have wanted to talk to me about it. And, more often than not, any skepticism or even mild questioning of it has been met with finger-wagging, shrieking, or other excessive reaction.
I’ve discovered that for the most part, I don’t want to discuss white privilege at length with white people I don’t know well, because I can’t be sure where they’re coming from. I’m white, cisgender male, heterosexual, conservative by many definitions, and Christian. That puts me on a lot of shit lists maintained by people with questionable motives. And I’m not interested in an argument with virtue signalers or any other sorts of hand-wringers.
So am I a white person about to talk to you about white privilege?
I am not.
But I encourage you to read this piece and think about it.
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