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Leg ĉi tiu ĵurnalo Privilege Matters: Trivializing gay support for the family of Trayvon Martin as ''bandwagon posturing'' is insulting to LGBT people of all races: Opinion section: Metro Weekly magazine, Washington, DC newspaper
[metroweekly.com] Of course, when I say all this is my experience of racism, that’s not quite true. It’s my experience of seeing racism directed at others. I’m white. I don’t endure the daily small reminders that the color of my skin, or the shape of my eyes, or the accent in my voice mark me as different. I’m not shadowed by store clerks when I shop for my clothes. I have no problems hailing cabs. When I’m on the street at night, I’m not automatically perceived as a threat. I know bringing up the idea of ”white privilege” makes a lot of white people squirm, if not outright balk at the concept. After all, we want to believe that our lives are products of our own efforts, not the result of some institutional bias in our favor. Given that the privilege we have is primarily a lack of barriers that exist for others, it can be hard for us to see the importance of what isn’t there. And being aware of that privilege isn’t an encouragement of ”white guilt,” that shibboleth of certain white people who believe it’s somehow brave to say, ”Yes, I feel threatened by young black men in hoodies.”
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