> How are whites possibly going to understand white privilege if they are never taught what it is to not have all those default advantages?
There are plenty of people volunteering to teach you about those things. Heck, there are entire public awareness organizations, university departments, and other institutions devoted to providing education on that issue.
Its not the job of every person of color you meet on the street to be your racial-experience teacher. The same is true, mutatis mutandis, for LGBTQ, female, socially awkward, or obese people.
"Heck, there are entire public awareness organizations, university departments, and other institutions devoted to providing education on that issue."
They promote specific, biased views given most of them are liberal & pushing similar claims. I meet many Blacks in the South, from other cities, and from other countries whose views contradict points I learned from such organizations. There's a whole spectrum of opinion. Certain things most will agree with for sure but the differences can be pretty big.
Funny thing is people involved in the organizations you mentioned often argue with those views until I say they came from Black people. Then they still argue with them. So, do they represent Black people or a subset of them's views? I'm leaning latter. Means I listen to them, read blogs of many types of people (Black or otherwise), talk to individuals about the issues if they bring up the topic, and listen to white opposition, too. Learned plenty by listening to people from all walks of life instead of just the most vocal groups.
From there, the question remains about how best to do that without causing people discomfort. Seems 90% art 10% science if that. I get mixed results...
There are plenty of people volunteering to teach you about those things. Heck, there are entire public awareness organizations, university departments, and other institutions devoted to providing education on that issue.
Its not the job of every person of color you meet on the street to be your racial-experience teacher. The same is true, mutatis mutandis, for LGBTQ, female, socially awkward, or obese people.