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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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That is exactly the point. Most white people don't get that (including me for a long time).