@ Zachski
I don't know if you mean who posted it on Facebook or who submitted the quote to FSTDT but the source of the list is Marchae Grair who is black.
Interestingly enough, her full written piece that this is taken from does expand on all the points, including #10. Here's the full thing:
"Recognize that you’re still racist. No matter what. Sometimes, anti-racist allies talk in an “us vs. them” framework when they discuss race, with the “us” being POC and anti-racist allies and the “them” being racist people. That’s an oversimplification of centuries of racism, and it also avoids one simple truth. White people always benefit from institutionalized racism, no matter how anti-racist your ideologies may be. You can’t disconnect yourself completely from the racism from which you benefit, and recognizing that is a large step in rejecting white privilege."
I do agree that there's a lot of lack of communication when it comes to this subject. People get passionate and defensive and refuse to talk things through.
When people talk about privilege based on race, they're not saying that all white people have it better than all black people. What they're saying is that each person carries burdens with them based on their particular hardship circumstances in life, but each POC carries a burden of racism whereas white people do not have that corresponding hardship.
For instance, pretend that each hardship you have in life is a weight on your back:
DJ <--- this is me
[Woman/Sexism] <---- this is my gender burden
DJ
[Gay/Homophobia] <-- gender & sexuality burden
[Woman/Sexism] <---- this is my gender burden
DJ
At the end of the day, I look something like this:
[Mental illness/ Discriminatory Oppression]
[Atheist/Religious Oppression]
[Poverty/Class Oppression]
[Gay/Homophobia]
[Woman/Sexism]
DJ
However, if I were exactly the same person but black, my burdens would look like this:
[Mental illness/ Discriminatory Oppression]
[Atheist/Religious Oppression]
[Poverty/Class Oppression]
[Gay/Homophobia]
[Woman/Sexism]
[Black/Racism]
DJ
When people talk about privilege, all they're saying is white people don't have that extra burden due to the racism in our culture.
It does not mean that a white person automatically has a better life than a black person. Ben Carson is a wealthy black man who is straight, Christian, and presumably not mentally ill. I'm still privileged compared to him with regard to race, even though he is privileged compared to me in other respects.
