It's well worth sitting through this almost hour-long talk on above subject! I knew some of this, but Tim Wise brings home just how deep white privilege runs.
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On a related note,
Meet The 17-Year-Old Who Blew The Lid Off Racial Profiling With His iPod. I can't be entirely certain, but the young man might actually be standing in the Harlem neighbourhood I used to live in as he tells his tale.