I recently had an interesting discussion with someone on their lack of belief in white privilege. It resulted in my leaving quite frustrated. I also tried to speak to my husband about it, but I end up so ver klempft that I can’t even banter appropriately or effectively. I have been trying to figure out a better and more clear way to explain it. The girl in the video explains it as immunity….rather than privilege…Maybe that makes it more palatable. I also have read an article that makes it understandable for the video generation….Click here.
One good thought I have had is: *if your perceived oppressive experience ends when you change environments, there wasn’t an *ism.*
You can be uncomfortable and a situational minority without being oppressed.
Google “Galtung conflict triangle” interesting stuff. 2/3 isn’t an ism. You gots to have all 3.
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/equalrights/tp/Types-of-Oppression.htm
Institutional racism seems to be a rather difficult concept for many white folk to comprehend, or at least that has been my experience in the past 25 years.
Coming from ATL is it different here or no?