Blind or Untold?

Today as we talked about privileges that the white race has and I began to think more about them in everyday life. Then the list of privileges that were in the book were brought up and I thought to myself of personal privileges I may have experienced throughout life. Then it hit me, I at least in that moment couldn't think of any real examples from my life. I don't doubt that I have had privileges in my life, what it comes down to is that I don't realize it. I then wonder why that is. Why is it that I can't come up with examples from my life that have deemed me "privileged". Then I look back to my life, I certainly can say that I have had a good life. I haven't been through anything out of the ordinary that makes me different or had things that put me at such a high advantage over others. My life if was described in one word would be average or ordinary, in the sense that my family wasn't rich but money wasn't a problem. I was never held back from the things that I wanted for the most part and had many beneficials things throughout my life. I have never looked at it because I came from a while middle class family but some may view this as a reason. I wonder why it is that I have never really looked at this situation? Is it because there really is this invisibility of "whiteness" and the privileges that come along with being white causing some to be blind to this topic? Did I choose not to look at it this way? Or is it just because my family has done what they could and can thrived from hard work? This could be a question that many could ask themselves. As well as question it, I am sure that this could be given a good debate. -Mary