Bigotry is never ok, stop pretending it is

It took me a long, long time to see my white privilege but when I did, I saw it EVERYWHERE

For the longest time, I didn’t really understand what people meant by white privilege. I mean, I knew it was out there but didn’t see how I benefitted from it. A lot of that was because my childhood was super crappy so I assumed that negated any privilege I had experienced.

I grew up on the North Shore of Long Island. I went to the Three Village Central School District. I learned how to play tennis at the Three Village Tennis Club. I have never been followed around a store, detained by the police, or pulled over because of the color of my skin or my religion. When I was kicked out of Harry Winston (luxury jeweler) because I was accusing them of supporting genocide I was irate. My inner Karen was all, I made an appointment! There’s no reason to be rude!

I often think I am less a fully formed person and more a sack of insecurities and idiosyncrasies but I never questioned a sense of entitlement I have that makes me ask for the manager. Not all of that is bad. I don’t think because I belong somewhere, that someone else does not, and sometimes, you do need to stick up for yourself. The problem is our society spends a lot more time than white people like to think telling large…