New York University offers ‘protest tips,’ calls on white students to ‘use white privilege to protect others’ – The tips page tells readers to ‘[u]se white privilege to protect others’ by stepping in between ‘Black and Brown people’ and police officers. [More]
Just so we’re clear: They’re saying. in this case. it’s OK to be white…?
I’m remembering how I used my white privilege…
[Via Michael G]
Whites are allowed to be “allies.”
“Allies” are people who expend money and effort to benefit people in groups to which they cannot be members. without remuneration, and sometimes at detriment to their own interests.
200 years ago, we called such people “slaves.”