My Privileges

Jeff asked us to think about making a list of my own white privileges. Here are mine:

• I can be reasonably assured that whatever college I decide to go to close to my home that I will be in the majority.
• At SUNY Fredonia I can be fairly sure that my roommate will have the same skin color as me.
• I can choose to have children and not be questioned.
• I am seen as competent (less competent than men, but that's another issue).
• I have aisles full of makeup and haircare product choices rather than just a pitiful section.
• I can own a gun without people second guessing me.
• I can buy cold medicine without being accused of making meth.
• I don't have to worry about being put on the no-fly list because I'm from a different country or have a similar name to a terrorist.
• I can easily find food that appeals to my ethnicity in most restaurants and grocery stores.
• If my credit card is declined it's because of a bank error, not because I'm a deadbeat.

These are, of course, just a few, but the first ones that came off the top of my head.

Victoria Rader Post 15