White Privilege, where’s mine?

"White privilege (or white skin privilege) is a term for societal privileges that benefit white people in western countries beyond what is commonly experienced by the non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances."

White Privilege, where’s mine?

It’s bad enough that I have to listen to people calling me a racist mainly because I don’t agree with the political direction and agenda of the current President and because I think that if you don’t want the Cops to shoot you, you should stop breaking the laws and when told to “STOP” you stop. But now I have to hear that I have “White Privilege” because I am a non-black male (I prefer the label Non-Black Male as oppose to White Male because I am actually more of an Almond Cream color, but that’s a discussion for another time so, back to the topic at hand.)

By definition above, I am suppose to have “societal privileges” afforded me because of my skin color but I've looked and I can find them! Where’s the White Privileges I’m suppose to have and had growing up, where are they?

I grew up in a household with 4 other siblings being raised by a divorced Mother on her own, with no help from anyone. Our Mother worked as a RN and as far as I can remember never missed a day of work, never went out with her friends; she just did two things, worked and took care of us kids. I remember her being tired on her days off, I remember her working extra hours and weekends, I remember her crying after the bill collectors called and most of all I remember her being at ALL of the after school activities we were involved in i.e. music concerts, sports games, plays (I Love my Mom and miss her greatly!). Whatever White Privileges she had I did not see.

After High School, I got a job; a year later I got married and 9 months after that the first of our two kids arrived. I've worked as a dishwasher, short order cook, truck driver, cleaned toilets before locking in a job at a manufacturing facility. There I learned a trade, became an Inspector and through working hard and learning everything I could, hammered out a living. Nothing was given to me and my family. My wife and I worked hard for everything we got. So again, where’s my White Privilege? Where was my Mother’s White Privilege?

Apparently, my white privilege was all the opportunities I had to move forward by working hard, taking advantage of all the doors that opened to me because of working hard. It was learning everything I could and getting up every morning of everyday and going to work. I guess THAT, was and is my white privilege. 

But isn't that Everyone’s Privilege?