Debunking White Privilege - Values Matter
Heavy on my heart in today's economic and political climate is the myth of "White Privilege". Just to give you an idea of my upbringing, I grew up as a white girl, yes, I am still white, I digress. Growing up, in Eastern Washington and then in my teens in Western Washington, two totally different economic and political climates. Currently I live in Florida, thank goodness, as I still have family in Washington State, but that's a story for another post {stepping off soapbox}. I was not impoverished in my childhood, that said, I did not live in poverty because my parents made good decisions financially that got us by from year to year. My Dad was a Carpenter and an Alaskan Troller during the summer months. I grew up with zero extras, black and white TV as an adolescent, very few toys (no Barbies), nothing that would have been considered "frivolous", so I was far from privileged. I realize that some of the population reading this may find it is easier to belie...
