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 […]

McCain’s VP pick has been under fire recently for using her private Yahoo email account to conduct state business.
And while the rest of us were sitting around hoping for political backlash, Anonymous went out and did something about it. Remember them? That loose confederation of amateur hackers responsible for the attacks on Scientology earlier this year? […]