White Privilege Does Mean:

(These statements are just a drop in the bucket.)

• If I wish to I can arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time
• I can be sure that no matter where I move to my neighbors in that will be pleasant or neutral to me
• I can go shopping alone and be sure that I won't be followed, harrassed or mistaken for an employee
• I can turn on the tv, open a magazine and see people of my race widely represented
• I can go to a museum or art gallery and will see people of my race widely represented in the objects and artworks
• I can be sure that when told about our national heritage or about ‘Civilization’ I am shown that people who look like me made it what it is
• I can be sure my children will be taught a curriculum which testifies to the existence of their race
• I am never asked to speak for my entire racial group
• I can do well professionally without being called a credit to my race
• I can wear my hair the way it grows out of my head without it being called unkept, unprofessional or distracting
• I can count on my skin color not to work against the appearance of my financial reliability
• I can go to a hairdresser and be sure that they can do my hair
• If a police officer stops me I can be sure I haven’t been singled out because of my race
• I can be pretty sure that if I ask to speak to “the person in charge’ I will be facing someone of my race
• I can easily buy books, children’s toys, posters, greeting cards or magazines featuring people of my race
• As a child I had access to books where the heroes ad protagonists were the same race or color as me
• I can go home from most meetings and organizations I belong to feeling somewhat tied in, rather than isolated, out-of-place, outnumbered, unheard, held at a distance, or feared
• I can take a job or get into college without co-workers or classmates suspecting it was because of affirmative action
• I can be sure that the gatekeepers in my life such as my boss, my local PD or my landlord look like me
• I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, the color of my skin will not work against me
• I can easily choose makeup or bandages in flesh tones and them more or less match my skin
• At school or university I could be sure that most of my teachers were the same color or race as me
• I am not questioned on my expertise when I give advice or opinion on a topic
• I can go to the doctor and not worry about my symptoms being taken seriously
• I can apply for a job and not worry that my name on my resume will disqualify me before they look at my qualifications
• I can go out in public without people touching my hair
• I don’t have to tell my children how to survive a police encounter
• I can watch award shows and see my race widely represented
• I can easily access fresh foods within my neighborhood
• I can track my ancestry for generations relatively easily
• I can learn about racism instead of living it