The post For Most Life Is An Unfair Race appeared first on Rationally Thinking Out Loud.

The Simplest and Most Perfect Explanation of Privilege I’ve Ever Seen

Toby Morris, an Auckland based illustrator, has created a comic strip which can teach us an important lesson: that not everyone has the same opportunities in life. This is a short story about two people born into completely different families, whose members play contrasting roles in their children’s lives.

The post The Simplest and Most Perfect Explanation of Privilege I’ve Ever Seen appeared first on Rationally Thinking Out Loud.

What I Told My White Friend When He Asked For My Black Opinion On White Privilege

(Content Note: Racial slurs, racism) Yesterday I was tagged in a post by an old high school friend, asking me and a few others a very public, direct question about white privilege and racism. I feel compelled not only to publish his query but also my response to it, as it may be a helpful discourse for more than just a handful of folks on Facebook.

The post What I Told My White Friend When He Asked For My Black Opinion On White Privilege — Everyday Feminism appeared first on Rationally Thinking Out Loud.

Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is

I’ve been thinking of a way to explain to straight white men how life works for them, without invoking the dreaded word “privilege,” to which they react like vampires being fed a garlic tart at high noon. It’s not that the word “privilege” is incorrect, it’s that it’s not their word.

The post Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is – Whatever appeared first on Rationally Thinking Out Loud.

Dear Fellow White People

Dear Fellow White People: The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games have brought to my attention that some of us still don’t quite grasp what white privilege is. Or, even if we do feel like we get the concept, it’s still difficult to fully comprehend the way that privilege has set up a double standard that is so infuriating – and disheartening – to people of color.

The post Dear Fellow White People | TheUndefeated.com appeared first on Rationally Thinking Out Loud.

The video comes from Ainsworth Forgenie on Facebook and is a good illustrative story about white privilege problem.

The post A Good Illustrative Story About White Privilege appeared first on Rationally Thinking Out Loud.