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And if you look beyond your own navel, you may realize that some people aren't you and have different (read: harder) experiences than you.  That's not an excuse for them not to take personal responsibility, but it is a reason to work on the things that make life so privileged for some while taking from others.
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See, I don't feel that I lead a privileged life.  I feel like I've worked hard for everything I have. Including academic success of my children.

I didn't get any special treatment in school because I'm white, I didn't get extra good teachers because I'm white, I didn't get any extra supplies because I'm white.  I didn't get the jobs because I'm white.  I had to work hard for everything and overcome my own obstacles, injustices and limitations.[/quote]

Your parents weren't red-lined into a worse housing situation / school district because...
Your name wasn't tossed from the stack of job applicants because...
You weren't "stopped and frisked" (read: roughed up) or detained on the way to your job interview because you "look like someone who committed a crime" (that happens to people dressed professionally too) because...

No one is saying you didn't work hard.  But those are just a few examples of privileges you may have experienced that other similar people of other skin colors don't get.[/quote]

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