Mary Sheridan Janda: We cannot walk in the same shoes as the oppressed
How do I, as a white woman, respond to the deaths of George Floyd and all the other young people of color who have been killed by law enforcement?I cannot walk in their same shoes, no matter how much I am angered, discouraged and outraged with these acts of violence. Why? For the obvious reason: I am the recipient of white privilege — something that was given to me at birth, something that I did not earn, something that I did not apply for, something that I did not knowingly understand unt
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