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I like to address this by saying to the fellow white person:
"Imagine you have all the struggles you have now. But you wake up tomorrow, look in mirror, your skin's changed to a coffee brown color.
Do you think those troubles would be the same?
Or would they get worse?"
"Imagine you have all the struggles you have now. But you wake up tomorrow, look in mirror, your skin's changed to a coffee brown color.
Do you think those troubles would be the same?
Or would they get worse?"
I have seen the penny drop on more than one occasion.
You can press on it further:
"Do you think people you have to deal with, in your struggles, would be more likely to blame you for your own problems? Or less?"
"Do you think friends that you trust now would still be your friends?"
"How do you think the job hunt would change?"
"Do you think people you have to deal with, in your struggles, would be more likely to blame you for your own problems? Or less?"
"Do you think friends that you trust now would still be your friends?"
"How do you think the job hunt would change?"
"How would you feel, if your skin color changed from white to brown, but everything else stayed the same, if you were leaving your job late at night and a police car pulled up? Would you feel protected and served? Or would you wonder if you were about to die?"
