Disadvantaged white people are not erased by discussions of disadvantages facing people of color, just as brain cancer is not erased by talking about breast cancer. They are two different issues with two different treatments, and they require two different conversations.

To look at this list and say, “anybody could do this if they just work hard enough” would be a lie.

Disadvantaged white people are not erased by discussions of disadvantages facing people of color, just as brain cancer is not erased by talking about breast cancer. They are two different issues with two different treatments, and they require two different conversations.

you will get more because they exist to get less.

If you hear someone at the water cooler say, “black people are always late,” you can definitely say, “Hey, that’s racist” but you can also add, “and it contributes to false beliefs about black workers that keeps them from even being interviewed for jobs, while white workers can be late or on time, but will always be judged individually with no risk

start thinking about how this privilege might have influenced not only your status in society, but your experience with and understanding of the world at large.

It’s the system, and our complacency in that system, that gives racism its power, not individual intent.

we can instead focus on how our actions interact with systemic racism.

just because something is about race, doesn’t mean it’s only about race.