What Is White Privilege, Really?
By Cory Collins, Fall 2018, Teaching Tolerance (Learning for Justice)
Collins urges readers to move past defensiveness and see that white privilege isn’t just a side effect of racism — it’s both a result of history and a force that still shapes life today. He explains that privilege isn’t about denying individual struggles, but about recognizing the built-in advantages that come with being white.
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Source note: originally published in Teaching Tolerance, Issue 60, Fall 2018.
“Having white privilege and recognizing it is not racist. But white privilege exists because of historic, enduring racism and biases.” — Cory Collins