Aternet posted an excellent article about the role of white privilege in the current presidential race. It can be hard for white folks to recognize privilege, precisely because we have it and consider it normal. The article does a good job of highlighting things we may have overlooked, for example:
White privilege is when you can claim that […]

A friend emailed me a while back because she had received a Facebook invitation that was riddled with sexist notions. She had tried to explain the problems to the male who had written it, but found it difficult to express herself to him when she was so frustrated and the whole thing was written half-jokingly. […]

I serve brunch at a local restaurant. Today, being Mother’s Day, is one of the busiest brunch days of the year. Last night after blogging I carefully set two alarms, double checked the time and volume, and went peacefully to sleep. And I slept. I slept until after noon. My eyes flicked open and I […]