These are amamazazazing colleagues I want to network with but….I’m not black. I feel uncomfortable joining amazing organizations if prefaced with ‘black’. I don’t like it when black people bring up my ‘white privilege’ for the reason they aren’t as well off as they THINK I am … more common amongst my black friends than any other group. On social media, a lot of my activist black friends will post complaints about “white people say …” “white people think…” “white people do …” And I always feel like saying, “Not ALL white people!” It can be disappointing because I may know from advance notification about your hiring that you and I have a lot in common, but I have to work harder to be your friend. …any time a black person walks into a room - say a new employee in an office - they make a beeline to the other black faces. I just know there are times, I’d like to learn more and the door closes. …there have been times that conversation with a Black person somehow turns to the topic of inequality…I have no way of truly knowing all the privilege that I enjoy as a white, straight male. You get the feeling that they don’t believe you wanna be their friend. When you want to be friends with them at work but there are other black girls so you just can’t get close cuz ur just the white girl who is held at arms length.
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