When white is alright.

Weapons of privilege are armor in both a figurative and literal sense. For one, Europeans had literal weapons that gave them privilege; they had guns, while Native Americans didn't. More recently, this phrase has been used to describe the privilege there is to being male, white, and/or heterosexual, These are qualities you're born with, and they arm you for life with something that is just as important as guns in a war.

It is statistically proven that two people with almost identical resumes will be looked at for something more: their color, sex, or sexual orientation. It is more likely that a white man will get the job over an equally qualified man of of a different ethnicity. It is more likely that a man will get the job over an equally qualified woman. Since there was a law voted on last year on whether it's okay to not hire a gay person because they're gay, I'd say that sexual orientation is also a factor.

What does this all mean to me? I know it makes me sick to think about thinking about whether it's more beneficial to be white. IT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE A THOUGHT IN MY HEAD! I don't want to be thankful I'm white because I can't morally do so, but I think I am on a subconscious level. It's disgusting.

What makes me feel a little better is knowing that there may be something I can do. If I use my white benefit to be a voice for the less privileged, I might be able to be something besides sickening. I want to do something, an dyet here I am sitting on my butt doing nothing but worrying about the quarter closing. I am worried about a C in math when there's so much more important things, bigger things, life changing things to do.

I too have a dream, but right now it's only a dream. I will make it reality.