What follows is for the benefit of one William James O’Reilly Jr. — “Bill” to his fans. Last summer, O’Reilly, a pundit for Fox “News,” spent time talking about white privilege and his contention that ...
Beginning with ourselves : the importance of doing our personal work -- What's in it for us? why we would explore what it means to be white -- What does it mean to be white? -- Understanding white ...
Thinking about privilege — the unearned benefits that we enjoy in society as a result of being White or male or Christian — may not seem crucial, but the potential payoff is the ability to make sense ...
Wanda Sykes told a story about walking with a white friend on a hot day and slipping into a corner store for a couple of bottles of cold water. The friend opened her bottle and started drinking it on ...
Late to the airport, a colleague and I scurried out of the Uber and ran to make our flight. As we headed toward security, I looked for a way out of the packed crowd of travelers and saw a gap between ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week I wrote about something my father, who is white, has said for years: when many white Americans hear the phrase “white privilege,” they respond by listing all the ways their ...
Marisol Fernàndez Y Mora ’17 says she welcomed the conversations about race that took place on campus during last week’s Otelia Cromwell Day celebrations. Yet there is always the concern that “these ...
What opens a man's eyes to the advantages he's had in life? Mastin Kipp explains. Let's face it, many of us go throughout life seemingly unaware of the privilege we possess. After all, the nature of ...
The seventh annual White Privilege Conference was held last week on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, which also co-sponsored the event. Participants from around the world converged ...
Ellie Goulding is learning to ''consciously understand white privilege'' and educate herself amidst the Black Lives Matter movement. The 'How Long Will I Love You' hitmaker admits she was ''horrified' ...
Conservatives around the country are attacking the Wake County school system, a Raleigh elementary school and the school's PTA over a handout about white privilege that was sent home with students.