White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

[Ecumenist]

8. My life is EXACTLY opposite of what is listed here. Wil, by posting this here, you've set out what

makes the difference between people who look like my husband and people who look like me. It's shame and although many people, (black white, brown, yellow, blue or polka dot), don't want to admit or even acknowledge the disparity that exists and has ALWAYS existed in America, the facts are that if someone who is white were to be given the option of changing places with someone like me, there's not enough money in China to pay them enough to do it.

I grew up with my mother pounding into my head that in order to attain the things I wanted to, I would have to 250% where a white person would reach the threshhold at 75%. She had experienced it herself and began to prepare me from the moment I could understand. How many white children are told that?