For the love of humanity

I’ve been taking A LOT of time to self-reflect on what I can do to be a better human and white woman. This includes taking a look at the parts of me I’d rather not confront: where I’ve been complicit, microaggressions, and who I surround myself with and why. It’s not enough for me to say I stand with you if I’m not actively working on myself and what I’m standing for. I get it. White privilege is hard for some people to wrap their heads around. The first place most people go when they deny it is to list all of the ways they were not privileged in life. It typically sounds like, “But wait, I grew up poor, or I experienced childhood trauma.”