YES. I’m SO sick of people telling me to “check my white privilege.” I mean, what exactly am I supposed to DO with that idea? Obviously I can’t stop being white, so that’s out. I think what it means is I’m supposed to feel horrible about *being* white because it supposedly confers superior privileges on me. So, according to that reasoning, I’m supposed to feel bad about myself for the REST OF MY LIFE.
The thing that really ticks me off about that notion is that that’s part of what black people are grousing about (not without cause), that black people have until recently been really underrepresented in the media and toys and books etc. I mean, I REMEMBER when a black Barbie was a big deal! But why do they want me to feel what they suffered with for so long? How does that help anyone?
The thing that really kills me is a good friend of mine has gotten on this “check your privilege” bandwagon. She married a Hispanic man and now has a Hispanic surname. So suddenly she’s all “check your privilege” on all her social media posts (which I hide) . . . but *I* am the one who’s been attending public meetings and actually doing *work* toward healing the white/Latino (legal ones) division that exists in our area. She posts but I do the work. Hm . . . I think I just defined Democrats and Republicans.
>> “check my white privilege.”
Whenever confronted with such nonsense, beat them mercilessly... in the figurative sense... using the blunt force of common sense.