By the way, there are some white people who do experience genuine oppression, but not in the asinine way that other (white) commenters were arguing. I’m talking about women, gay people, transgendered people, disabled people. I’m a feminist, which is how I learned to understand the systems of oppression at work and how I came to examine my own white privilege. It’s embarrassing and shameful to read the comments of other white people who, as you said, don’t get it (or more accurately, they refuse to get it). I can’t understand firsthand what it’s like to live as a POC, but I can sure do my best to educate myself and try not to be part of the problem. Thanks for the thoughtful post.