On White Privilege
An examination of the mechanisms by which white privilege was created and is maintained today, the advantages of which redound to every white person.
While working at a large corporation in Los Angeles between university and law school, I witnessed a colleague who was responsible for the hiring process mock an eminently qualified applicant—whom he assumed to be African American on the basis of the applicant's name and biographical data—and theatrically throw the resume in the trash. (The fairness of my complexion often leads whites to act in ways they wouldn't in an obviously diverse group).
