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As a black woman, race has always been a prominent part of my life. I have never been able to escape the fact that I am a black woman in a white supremacist country.
What keeps a poor child in Appalachia poor is not what keeps a poor child in Chicago poor-even if from a distance, the outcomes look the same. And what keeps an able-bodied black woman poor is not what keeps a disabled white man poor, even if the outcomes look the same.
How do our social justice efforts so often fail to help the most vulnerable in our populations? This is primarily the result of unexamined privilege.
When you are supposed to be fighting the evils of “the man” you don't want to realize that you've become “the man” within your own movement.