Let me try and explain privilege to you this way – one white person to another.
White people who object to the label “privilege” have 4 main objections. This essay offers an alternative lens to help them reduce their objection.
Month: January 2019
Vulnerability, Responsibility & Assault
Criminals don’t get to rob you just because you make it easy. So why should a woman’s clothing choices be blamed if she gets sexually assaulted? Years ago, my car was stolen. The police caught the guy (and yes, it was a man who stole my car), and I soon found myself in a courthouse … Read more
This is what happens when pent-up fury meets the still-oblivious self-satisfaction of those who have been inflicting all the harm
What’s going on in our country right now, at its most basic level, is that a large swath of the population (I’m gonna call it 70% of women, 60-80% of POC’s depending on religious affiliation, and 30% of men) have recently exploded – since the 2016 election – with a rage so enormous and so … Read more