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In reply to the discussion: White DUers: Tell Your Stories [View all]MineralMan
(146,192 posts)due to my skin color or anything else. I'm a straight, white, married male with a college education and no physical disabilities. I recognize that I have enormous privilege in this society without having earned any of it that is obvious at a glance.
I know that I have often taken that privilege for granted, as well. I try to be aware of it always, now that I'm older and have more life experience. I'm sure, though, that I sometimes still take it for granted at times.
Oh, wait... I remembered one instance. I remember one time in High School when I asked a Hispanic girl for a date. She turned me down, saying that her parents would never allow her to date an Anglo boy. We remained friends, but I dated other people. That's the only incident I can remember, though.