Weaponizing White Privilege

I was born white. I grew up white. I am white. In America, those three things come with privilege. White privilege.

I grew up understanding that there were racist people in the world. I knew about Nazis and the KKK. I was aware that people used the n-word and other slurs in regards to people that didn’t look like them. I knew about the deep seated hate in ignorant people for persons of a different color.

I didn’t know about the racism that isn’t as overt. About how my interaction with a police officer at 9:30 PM is different than my black friends. I was…