What is White Privilege? The reality that a White person’s whiteness has come and continues to come with an array of benefits and advantages not shared by many people of color. It doesn’t mean that White people don’t work hard or that they haven’t suffered, but simply that they receive help, often unacknowledged assistance, because of their skin complexion. Jon Greenberg highlights in this piece how White privilege has been largely taught and dominated in mainstream media by White educators but chooses to center in on lessons educators of color have taught him in their work.
