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Showing Original Post only (View all)On white male, hetro privilege. [View all]
I'm white, male and straight, and yes, I recognize that I have, without my realizing it at the time, somehow, someway benefited from being white, male and straight. Perhaps that happened when I was homeless for those couple of years. Or when I was poor for so long. Or when I got pulled over by cops in a SW Missouri city eight times in four years for the standard hassle. Or when some people, including some women, found by size and height threatening.
It really doesn't matter when this happened, just the simple fact that it did happen.
The question is, what do you want me to do about it? Do you want me to dye my skin? Give part of my paycheck to somebody? What?
Never mind that I've fought for women's right, gay rights, civil rights. Never mind that I got the shit beat out of me defending two of my friends(who were drag queens) so they didn't get the shit beaten out of them. Never mind that I've donated money and time to helping inner city youth.
None of this matters, because I still have white, male, straight privilege.
So what should I do to expunge this collective guilt? What should I do to make up for something that I didn't ask for?
Because I'm really tired, after decades of helping those who don't have white, male, straight privilege try and achieve equality in this society, of carrying this guilt around for something I didn't do.