Lead on, oh Kinky Turtle

spiral-shark:

kinkyturtle:

When I was in high school I was fairly progressive—I was into feminism and gender equality. In my small town that makes you something of an outsider; it’s full of unapologetic racists, sexists, heterosexists, cissexists and hardcore conservatives But I hadn’t learned about…

Am I the only one extremely insulted by the idea that being born white automatically makes you a racist?  Because for one thing, being ignorant of privilege is not racism, it’s just ignorance.  And for another, who’s to assume that every white child is raised to take these privileges for granted?

That said, taking privilege for granted while also being ignorant of it can very easily lead to oppression (not racism unless it’s malicious), and though it may be commonplace, it’s a completely different matter to therefore assume that all white people are born into it.

Also, I really don’t care how insulted you are.