White Privilege Inside Brown Skin

Privilege based on skin colour isn’t ‘white’, it’s ‘light’.

Image of myself and my four children a few years ago. Owned by author.

You probably think that ‘white privilege’ doesn’t belong to me. How could it when my skin is brown? But I have a secret I haven’t shared, something that until now I have dared not say out loud for fear of being shouted down.