Condoleeza Rice on Privilege Should Be Heard Out

Adult readers only for this one. If anyone considers me a racist for using the word "nigger" to define the behavior of Caucasians or those who believe themselves to be Caucasians, so be it. The truth will hurt, but I promise just a little, unless of course you are delusional. 

And so, the young Black American from the home of his or her lilly white parents goes off into America to the land of entitlement called Oz in which she or he learns that the color of her or his skin is the determinant of her or his personal success with admissions to schools, to jobs, to careers, to funding.

Maybe privileged Black lives do matter too! Didn't anyone bother to tell them that the lot in life of a Black American is to be burdened. Or, is it that you have to be a Black American raised by Black parents to feel the privilege of being White American? Hmmm.

Maybe Barack and Condoleeza having known privilege can now in comfort leave behind those burdened by their Blackness. I doubt that of course, or that either one thinks that way. But they have left behind countless White folks who never knew what an easy glide to greatness they had in life. Why? Because the lot of most children of privilege is just take it all for granted. That's a consequence of privilege, just not the inescapable consequence of it.

I praise Condoleeza for her self-directed living of her life, and Barack too. Two great Americans. I dare anyone to tell me otherwise that these two were never deluded by privilege. They had to overcome privilege just like other White folk (notice how singular that use of "White" is in this context).

Now about those of us White Folk who have this sense of aggrievement and entitlement that Blacks want our jobs and immigrants and women. Yes, we want our jobs first last and always, immigrants to hire as servants, and women regardless of skin color to do our bidding. Who is the nigger now? Isn't that Condoleeza's message on what it means to be aggrieved and entitled?

If you really listen to our First Lady, raised by her African American parents, I bet you dollars to donuts she will tell you that she was privileged to be raised in her parents's home, and to have had such stalwarts for examples of hard work and graciousness even in the worst of times and conditions.

Conclusion.  So to my fellow White Americans, do not be deluded by the privilege of the color of our skin. It should not be a door opener or a start to a relationship with a person of the opposite gender or proclivities. The color of one's skin should not be the determinant of access or success. So do not let it be. Thank you Condoleeza for setting us straight, those of us with ears to hear. Geez, I hate it when a Republican gets something right!