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It can be exhausting trying to bring white people up to a basic racial literacy.
Many don’t even know what they don’t know about privilege and history, and often either don’t take responsibility for their own education or expect you to educate them.
And I wish there were a racial primer out there somewhere — mandatory reading — with five or 10 basic facts about housing, education, criminal justice and employment.
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I’m an extrovert. I genuinely love people and since we share this country, my instinct is always to try to understand. So let me say this: For everybody who recalls the hard work and sacrifice of their parents or grandparents, and all the ways they’ve had to struggle to make their way in this world, I hear you. I do not doubt the heart and authenticity of those success narratives. I just ask that you also understand those narratives simply do not hold true for huge swaths of your fellow Americans.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/lonnae-oneal-a-lot-of-white-folks-could-use-a-racial-primer/2015/05/08/440657fe-f4bb-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html
Lonnae O’Neal: A lot of white folks could use a racial primer
By Lonnae O'Neal
Columnist
May 10, 2015
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