This... is White Privilege

Jul. 24, 2012 at 10:47pm with 617 notes

For anyone who says privilege blogs don’t do anything:

We have 6,000+ followers here on TIWP.
Everyday, I receive messages from people of color who tell me how great this blog is, how nice it is to read about these examples and to have a place where they can be compiled. They tell me how they’ve pointed people to this blog when their friends don’t understand white privilege. They’ve told me it’s therapeutic to read an apologetic examination of white privilege.
I receive even more messages from white people. They say that they never understood privilege before they read this blog. They say it’s changed the way they think and speak. They say they were angry at first, but then as they read on, they learned how to better encounter their privilege.
I’ve received messages from college professors saying that they’re going to share this blog with their students when they talk about white privilege.
I’ve received messages from people who say this blog gave them courage to speak out about racism.

So don’t tell me that blogs like this don’t do anything, because as someone else has said, that simply means they don’t do anything for you, probably because you are simple and small minded. You are scared of examining yourself. You are a coward. This blog is for the courageous.

Fuck off.