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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
You have never had to leave your house to go to school or work, and worry that the police car driving up the road is going to stop and officers come out with their hands on the handles of their guns, questioning why you're walking on the sidewalk in your neighborhood.
You have never had to be followed by a store clerk who is worried that you're going to steal something.
You've never been in an elevator and when it opened on another floor, the young family about to get in, chose to wait for another elevator instead.
That is privilege. You enjoy things that black people don't get to enjoy, simply by virtue of your skin color.
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I did not get into Harvard or any other college through affirmative action and get coached on tests and given the answers ahead of time so I could pass.
I did not get into medical school only because I was black (Matory, Jr.) but unqualified and take the place of a white man who went to medical school in the Caribbean and went on to save many lives and do a lot of charity work (Bakke) only to go on and kill my patients and lose my license to practice medicine.
Plastic Surgeon Discusses Patient'''s Death - Los Angeles Times
I did not get hired at higher wages than my white counterparts and only have to show up at work to pick up my paycheck but never have to do any work at all because I was black.
It must be nice to enjoy black privilege.