Jordon Moses says it's little things. Like sitting on a crowded bus and all the other seats fill up before someone will sit next to you.
Like people assuming you must have gotten into college or gotten hired through some kind of affirmative action program.
And even well-meaning comments like "you speak so well," seen through the lens of race can sound like "don't all black people speak Ebonics?"
It's not just frustrating or hurtful ... Moses says it's lonely.
Interested in Jordon's reading list of blogs? He shared some of his favorites:
All this week on Northland Morning, we're unpacking the idea of "privilege." We tend to equate "privilege" with money, but actually, it has more to do with cultural norms that favor some people and not others. Not only do most people have privilege in one form or another (no matter how under-privileged they might be in other ways), maybe the problem is the word itself. Would it be easier to refer to "advantages" that some people have and others don't? Or even luck?
