On my side bar of this blog you will now see the "Diversity of Whiteness" essay, which I originally wrote in 2008, and is based on theories I started developing in 2005 about how the "white privilege" concept may be doing more harm than good in overcoming racism.
This essay has been through several revisions, the main obstacle being my own whiteness making it very difficult for me to use real life examples without coming across as very racist myself. If this sounds wrong to you, I assure you that it IS wrong, and that is one of the main points of this essay.
On the street I am accused of being racist simply because I am white. My response these days is "hey, you are one of those people that spells 'racist' with a silent 'w.' W-H-I-T-E, am I right?"
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