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[quote=Anonymous]In your everyday life, who are you helping?  Think of the privilege while people have without even knowing it. Who do you ask to be on your committee, on your team at work?  Who is in your friend group?  Whose college age kid do you recommend for a job? Internship?  Who do you ask to join your organization? Who do you write a recommendation for?  Whose business do you give a contract to?  Whose business do you recommend?  Who are you mentoring?  Who are you inviting to your dinner parties?  Holiday parties? Who do you socialize with (as many connections in business and access come from social circles)?

These connections, especially in the aggregate, define privilege.  Putting a sign in your yard that “hate has no home here”, etc does nothing.  Who are you helping when you have that opportunity to help someone get ahead?  If all you know if white people, then it’s just white people.  If you look around the room and it’s homogeneous, then you are the problem.  Make a change. Invite others to the table, as many times as you can.  Elevate.  [/quote]

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