When exceptions prove the rule: Poverty, whiteness and privilege

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When Exceptions Prove the Rule: Poverty, Whiteness and Privilege | Red Room

 

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When Exceptions Prove the Rule: Poverty, Whiteness and Privilege | Red Room

...But to avoid the conversation about racism and white privilege is to evade a fundamental truth. What's more, finessing the topic will likely make it hard for people of color to trust white liberals and leftists, the latter of whom seem to prefer a color-blind class unity, not realizing that the unity they claim to seek can never be built on a foundation of half-truths and convenient fictions.