You have the Privilege

You have the privilege
To walk down the street
Without being accosted by people
You don’t want attention from.
You have the right to
Walk the way you do
And talk your talk
Because of millions of WOMEN who have kept silent.
You can sit there and think that you’re doing everything right because some people are acting subordinately.
You are blind.
You think that you have the right
That it’s okay to look me in the face
And say that you don’t want to go.
You don’t want to be hit on.

Sure, I'm privileged too. I can hide. I can turn away. I can fake it till I make it.
I'm conscious of that.

Do you even think about
How many places only a select group of people can express themselves?
How many symbols of freedom are burned?
Do you know about the hatred, the isolation, the pain the raw and the ugly?

So as you sit there - privileged as you are - think about the fact that you don’t want to spend ONE night in a place that for ONE night will allow for a little balance in the world.

Remember that the next time someone asks you about
PRIVILEGE.



“Stagnant power, without motion, will never move mountains.” - HRH

“It’s sad
the situation is so bad
that when we meet
in this dark street
we size
each other up
with cautious, questioning eyes.” – Peter E. Clarke