I went to traffic court in West Seneca on Friday, and after I left I got thinking. When I had been in the Court room, I realized that no one asked me for identification (I thought for sure they would). I even asked if they wanted to see some, but they said “No, we trust you.” Would this have played out the same if I had been a non-white person? It makes me wonder after reading about white privilege and discussing it in class, if I am privileged at times, and don’t even know it.
-Josh Steffen
Good observations, Josh. It seems as though white privilege is everywhere if we choose to look.
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