This is a great post from another blogger; check it out. I’m going to a workshop about a similar topic but about empowering your clients of color and indigenous people:
Unlike this blogger, I’ve had every privilege imaginable. I was on my dads passport when I was tiny and travelled every summer; I went to great private schools in NYC and then Harvard. I could go on and on. My parents never got divorced. We have mental illness in the family but everyone had/has access to great treatment. Etc etc etc. There was white privilege but almost every other privilege besides being Jewish…
You don’t have to have a charmed life to benefit from white privilege.
White but Not Privileged: How to Understand What Is Going On Right Now
