{"id":12230,"date":"2017-02-02T11:49:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=12230"},"modified":"2017-02-02T11:49:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T16:49:06","slug":"white-privilege-essay-contest-offends-those-with-white-privilege-in-overwhelmingly-white-conn-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/white-privilege-essay-contest-offends-those-with-white-privilege-in-overwhelmingly-white-conn-town\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018White Privilege\u2019 Essay Contest Offends Those With White Privilege in Overwhelmingly White Conn. Town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I say stir the pot. Because you are White and Privileged doesn’t make you a bad person…But it does make it hard to understand what it’s like to grow up without it…Unless you make a real effort to share minds and experience with those on the other side. Hard to imagine those kids in Westport CT, white or not, lack privilege, so i imagine their essays would probably paint a picture of how much or little the kids understood about how privileged they are, growing up in one of the wealthiest towns in America. I can see how that would upset the parents who hadn’t done such a great job of getting their kids to understand just how lucky they are. Just sayin’.
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I say stir the pot. Because you are White and Privileged doesn’t make you a bad person…But it does make it hard to understand what it’s like to grow up without it…Unless you make a real effort to share minds and experience with those on the other side. 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