What white folks don’t understand is their privilege and power in the system of how the USA works. When you hear ‘U.S. citizen,’ do you think of Raul? Somebody looking at him and asking, ‘where are you from?’ I’ve never been asked that.
Rick Purcel, who is white and who works as safety and systems coordinator for the Minneapolis YWCA, as he talked about colleague Raul Amos at the table across from him. From “White privilege: Minnesota planners says conference will take on sensitive topic head on” by Cynthia Boyd.

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