Get treated like trash without a college degree

#Get treated like trash without a college degree how to

IвЂ™m cherry-picking because none of us have all day 2) IвЂ™ve been really lucky. But as I do, please know a few things first: 1) This is not even close to the whole list. So, again, IвЂ™m glad you asked, because I really want to answer. To just вЂњdeal with it,вЂќ lest more trouble follow (which, sadly, it often does) 2) fear of being questioned or dismissed with вЂњAre you sure thatвЂ™s what you heard?вЂќ or вЂњAre you sure thatвЂ™s what they meant?вЂќ and being angered and upset all over again by well-meaning-but-hurtful and essentially unsupportive responses. There are two reasons for this: 1) because not only as a human being do I suppress the painful and uncomfortable in an effort to make it go away, I was also taught within my community (I was raised in the вЂ™70s and вЂ™80s-itвЂ™s shifted somewhat now) and by society at large NOT to make a fuss, speak out, or rock the boat.

#Get treated like trash without a college degree how to

Coincidentally, over the last few days I have been thinking about sharing some of the incidents of prejudice/racism IвЂ™ve experienced in my lifetime-in fact I just spoke with my sister Lesa about how to best do this yesterday-because I realized many of my friends-especially the white ones-have no idea what IвЂ™ve experienced/dealt with unless they were present (and aware) when it happened. I truly thank you for wanting to understand what you are having a hard time understanding. I think the heart of what youвЂ™ve asked of your friends of color is extremely important and I think my response needs much more space than as a reply on your feed. First off, I hope you donвЂ™t mind that IвЂ™ve quoted your post and made it part of mine. I apologize if this comes off as crass or offends anyone. IвЂ™m not trying to be insensitive, I only want to understand (but not from the media). So that I may be enlightened, can you please share with me some examples of institutional racism that have made an indelible mark upon you? If I am to understand this, I need people I know personally to show me how IвЂ™m missing whatвЂ™s going on.

IвЂ™m not saying IвЂ™m colorblind, but whatever racism/sexism/other -ism my life experience has instilled in me stays within me, and is not manifested in the way I treat others (which is not the case with far too many, I know). Despite my treating everyone with respect and humor my entire life (as far as I know), IвЂ™m somehow complicit in the misfortune of others. By not being able to fully put myself in the shoes of someone from a background/race/religion/gender/nationality/body type that differs from my own makes me part of the problem, according to what IвЂ™m now hearing.

To all of my Black or mixed race FB friends, I must profess a blissful ignorance of this вЂњWhite PrivilegeвЂќ of which IвЂ™m apparently guilty of possessing. I feel compelled not only to publish his query, but also my response to it, as it may be a helpful discourse for more than just a few folks on Facebook. Yesterday I was tagged in a Facebook post by an old high school friend asking me and a few others a very public, direct question about white privilege and racism.