![]() I can get in a time machine and go to any time, and it would be awesome when I get there. If you’re a skeptic, there’s even a “Black Privilege Checklist” listing some of the perks blacks enjoy that whites cannot. In books and articles such as “Black Skin Privilege and the American Dream,” and “It’s Past Time to Acknowledge Black Privilege,” white commentators describe how blackness has become such a “tremendous asset” that some whites are now trying to “pass” as black. Google the phrase “black privilege,” and one steps into a universe where whites struggle daily against the indignities heaped upon them because of their skin color. The term is being deployed in conservative circles as a rhetorical counterattack to the growing use of the term “white privilege.” It’s part of a larger transformation: White is becoming the new black. If we had a White History Month, that would be viewed as a racist holiday.”ĭomalick isn’t the only one who believes in black privilege. “If you try to embrace being white, you are portrayed as being a racist. ![]() “In America you can’t even talk about whiteness,” said Drew Domalick, who lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He said no, but there was another type of privilege he wanted to talk about:Ĭonfused by his answer, I asked him to give me an example of a perk that I enjoyed as a black man that he couldn’t. ![]() ![]() I asked a white retiree if he believed in the existence of white privilege. I was talking about the concept of white privilege – the belief that being white comes with unearned advantages and everyday perks that its recipients are often unaware of. Here’s some good news for all you black folks complaining about racism in America.Īt least that’s the message I heard during one of the strangest conversations I’ve ever had about race. ![]()
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