What an awful opinion piece! The fact it is on Time.com is part of the "white privilege". lolz.
The reason why they say "check your privilege" because we should foster the notion that non-white people have a different American experience than white people.
If a minority got into Stanford, there is a thought that probably goes into everyone's mind, that they had an advantage because they were a minority. White people don't have that same stigma.
It's a mind set. It's understanding that there are our society has a problem, and that it needs to get checked at the door.
The reason why they say "check your privilege" because we should foster the notion that non-white people have a different American experience than white people.
If a minority got into Stanford, there is a thought that probably goes into everyone's mind, that they had an advantage because they were a minority. White people don't have that same stigma.
It's a mind set. It's understanding that there are our society has a problem, and that it needs to get checked at the door.