Not to beat a news story into the ground, but I think the public acknowledgement of this is awesome. I've believed for a long time that many whites privately felt this way about "white privilege" and how it relates to their overall treatment in society. It takes a bunch of brave souls to publicly acknowledge this, especially in the face of possibly being ostracized and ridiculed and even threatened. I also believe this courage should be matched by more of us black people publicly acknowledging the shit that we do that perpetuates the ills in our communities.
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Published on August 02, 2013 12:32