DEAr white women

You have managed to do something that no other female can do. You have

successfully used your skin and gender to open doors of opportunity that

some of your counterparts can only dream of. I wonder if you ever

considered what it would be like if your lack of melanin did not grant you

the privilege to understand how each day you can shop in a store and not

be followed, how you can walk away from your interaction with police, and

how your education, or lack thereof, does not disbar you from obtaining

favorable employment. So, I ask you the following questions:

1. Do you have the privilege of having a peaceful interaction and

walking away from an encounter with the police unscathed?

2. Do you have the privilege of being favored in school over others or

attending a segregated school of wealth?

3. Do you have the privilege of learning about your race in almost every

subject in school?

4. Do you have the privilege of finding books that overwhelmingly

represent you positively in almost every aspect?

5. Do you have the privilege of viewing movies, social media, and

television shows with overwhelming representation?

6. Do you have the privilege of escaping violent and angry stereotypes?

7. Do you have the privilege of being isolated from the daily toll of

racism?

8. Do you have the privilege of not having experience, education, and

work ethic and still obtain leadership or high-ranking positions of

employment?

9. Do you have the privilege of committing acts of violence and not being

called a terrorist?

10. Do you have the privilege of not being accused of committing a

serious crime?

If you have answered yes to only one of the questions above, then you

have benefited from being a white woman. You have been given a chance

to live, speak, breathe outside of a bubble that only others can imagine.

The next time you think racism does not exist, everyone is equal, or you

are inconvenienced by life; think about the list above and ask yourself am I

truly a woman that is just privileged!!

Greenberg, J. (2017, July 24). 10 Examples That Prove White Privilege

Exists in Every Aspect Imaginable. Retrieved from Yes Magazine!:

https://www.yesmagazine.org