Some rich people lead difficult, miserable lives. Does that mean economic privilege doesn't exist?

[marble falls]

22. You do. And its a good thing. Your truth may hurt some, but there's healing in it. If people ...

could just spark some empathy up instead of feeling hurt, their lives would start getting better and easier.

I admit it, sometimes my first impression is to be defensive, when I have a moment to think about it it all comes from the discomfort from discovering an unpleasant little thing about me. I'm feeling less to be defensive about these days.

Your posting isn't about you or me, its about a cultural experience that folks who look like me don't know or ignore. Most importantly folks who look like me need to realize the Black experience didn't happen in a vacuum, we were part of it and most often not necessarily a good part of it. Like PoC discovering their past, people who look like me need to discover the darker side of our own past and American experience and reconcile it. You provide a good place for us to start our work.