A few pages back:
"The issue for me is that kids are repeatedly whacked over the head with this stuff. "
Probably because it is quite evident that they need reminding.
"What is likely to get a more favorable reaction from a white person from a lower middle or lower SES background, who probably spent more of his/her life in a penalty box than anything privileged or advantaged?
a. “You may not know it, but you have various types of ‘white privilege’ versus a black person, who commonly faces more suspicion as a potential criminal by police and people who call the police, …”
b. “You may not know it, but do you realize that a black person suffers ‘penalties’ or ‘anti-privileges’, such as commonly facing more suspicion as a potential criminal by police and people who call the police, …”"
Hasn’t option B been discussed for literally decades now? Talk about ad nauseam (and justifiably) but it sure hasn’t moved the needle much in terms of race and discrimination in this country, IMO. B definitely doesn’t seem to work. Even on this thread we have to discuss in 2017 whether POC face a negative bias with law enforcement. Any person of color knows this is true, any white person who has a family member who is brown knows this is true, any LEO of color will tell you this is true as they themselves experience it when out of uniform.
“Maybe some history lessons from a generation or two earlier rather than a “walk”. I’ve soaked up a lot of stories from my “privileged” family history and send them my kid’s way.”
Another thing that has happened for generations. It’s not a bad thing mind you but only scratches the surface as it does not address or acknowledge biases and discrimination in the here and now.