In 66 tweets, this woman perfectly explains how white privilege works

By Fusion Staff  |  April 27, 2016 | 2:04pm
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White privilege can be a tricky concept to understand. If you’ve never experienced subtle racism firsthand, you might not be able to recognize how race factors into daily life. This 66-part tweetstorm can help clarify.

On Tuesday, Hannah Lyons, who tweets using the handle @hannvhl, laid out specifically how white privilege functions in American society:

First, she explains what white privilege is and is not:

And where people who might think it does not exist can find it:

After offering a number of examples of white privilege, Lyons started integrating responses from people of color into her tweets:

Their stories are especially moving:

She includes the perspective of white readers learning about white privilege for the first time:

Hard to argue that white privilege doesn’t exist after reading that.

Danielle Wiener-Bronner is a news reporter.

 
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