Omar MooreHonest responses, please: If you are a white person reading this—do you think about being white? #Mastodon #BlackMastodon
Red Whistler@popcornreel I have to make myself do it. That’s why I try follow a wide variety of people on here, to remind me to do it.
reversion to the deoradh™@popcornreel yup
And I am grateful to Black Twitter for facilitating it
Josiah Mannion@popcornreel oh heck yes. But then, it's an area of critical study interest for me, academically speaking. (As an example, Christopher M. Driscoll's book White Lies: Race and Uncertainty in the Twilight of American Religion presented an excellent example of what Whiteness Studies could encompass both within and beyond the critical study of religion as a discipline.)
NWTrailhound@popcornreel sometimes. More so in acknowledgment or recognition of privilege
@popcornreel hasn’t always been the case though
Johnny
RamsHornStudios@popcornreel Only when reminded, unfortunately. My race generally doesn't rise to the level of daily consideration, and that's absolutely a privilege.
Silvia Rasmussen
Wait, what?@popcornreel I never did until Trump was elected. Since then I’m trying to make up for lost time.
Lisa Slankard@popcornreel yes. I have raised two black sons and I am very aware of race. I’m also Jewish so maybe I’m not white in some people’s opinion
Anne@popcornreel I do. It's been very clear to me for a long time that I am privileged.
Eric Lawton@popcornreel Yes.
I took an undergraduate course late last year on Indigenous Canada and am reading the reports of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission and MMIWG report as well as at least 1 in 5 books by a PoC.
DopeGhoti@popcornreel
I sometimes wonder just exactly how much my privilege has benefited me. I know The System is unfair, but I sometimes wish I could know just exactly how unfair it is. I don't know what that information would gain me if anything.
I sometimes wonder just exactly how much my privilege has benefited me. I know The System is unfair, but I sometimes wish I could know just exactly how unfair it is. I don't know what that information would gain me if anything.
Lynn McAlister UE 
@popcornreel I'm *aware* of it, in the same way that I'm aware of being a woman, middle aged, left handed, short-ish, etc. And I'm conscious of the fact in our society being white means my life in many ways is a lot easier than it would be if I weren't white, which is unjust. But it's not something that I constantly turn over in my mind as I go about my day. Is that what you mean by thinking about it?
acm@popcornreel Yes. I can't say I always did, but we talk a lot about privilege in our family nowadays. Was really struck when doing some geocaching in Philadelphia and thinking about how neighbors would respond to a black family digging through the same flowerboxes. Have gotten a warning from a cop for rolling a stop, and felt a pang -- have thought about how to be an ally if I see Police Incidents. There are stretches where it recedes though, for sure.
dantose 
@popcornreel Sometimes, but not routinely.
Cat West@popcornreel It means I don’t have to watch every word. Can move freely about the environment w/out being shadowed, questioned, challenged . I can tell my side of any issue without being shot first questioned later, by police. That I have all the rights conferred in our constitution w/out having 2 fight 4them or justify my existence every day. It is privilege on every level. And where I witness my fellow human beings being mistreated, I can speak out, step in, and possibly make a difference.
skye it/its 🏳️⚧️@popcornreel pretty much always. once you see it you can't unsee it
Ayanna@popcornreel Some of the time, probably daily but not all day.
Stephanie Zvan@popcornreel Yeah. White was absolutely the default when and where I grew up, but moving into the city, it got pretty obvious.
BatFink@popcornreel Omar, I think about being white since I started following #blackmastodon. Actually It’s more that I’m thinking about being white in relationship with the experiences of people of color that I read about here. Before that not so much. When I was younger I was a angry white guy who didn’t see any racism. I’ve grown up a lot.
jeff@popcornreel not really as an adult, but when I was in elementary school I wished that I was Asian (due to some of the math programs I was in)
V.K. Farfalle 🦋 (He/Him)@popcornreel Not all the time, only when I got to. I live in Wyoming and there are times whole weeks or months go by, I don't see anybody who isn't either white or a close enough friend it doesn't matter.
I write fantasy, and some of my fantasy settings I can't say "real life racism" doesn't exist, and some of them I can't say that it does, and either way I feel like there's an obligation to write them in a way that respects real-life historical struggles I don't and can't ever understand.
@popcornreel I am intersectional in a bunch of ways, so I can say "yeah, at least I'm not..." and recognize the facets of white privilege I still got, but it doesn't hit the same as it would if I weren't raised up in poverty, drugs, abuse, and crime.
My faith's got a Nazi problem. Got to think a lot about how to explain to (mostly marginal) young people there's a difference between "Germanic heritage" and "white skin" and "racist bullshit" and how being racial takes you away from being tribal.
Sober-Wan Kenobi@popcornreel every day
Creative! Queer!! Autistic!!!
Colorblind Cowboy@popcornreel All the time. Though there was a time when I didn’t think about it as much.
Heartfelt@popcornreel I do think about being white. Frequently.
Gijs Levelt
RationalWiki@popcornreel Yes, but understanding whiteness in the US is a deeper matter than just thinking about whiteness. Isabel Wilkerson's book "Caste" is very helpful in understanding the race-based #Caste system in the US.
Joel Gerber@popcornreel only when reminded of it or if it somehow connects to conversation. I also sometimes reflect on it when I hear of none whites and issues they deal with.
Dreadkiaili@popcornreel yes, I definitely didn’t growing up in small town Kansas in the 80’s. But, as soon as I went to college and was around a more diverse population, I actually realized it wasn’t just women who have to move through the world differently. It’s everyone who isn’t assumed to be a white straight dude. I remember realizing that as a white women, I had privilege that other women didn’t. I’ve tried to be mindful of that over the years, but have gotten better about it the last few years.
Cat C-B@popcornreel Now, yes. Prior to the Ferguson Uprising, no.
I am grateful to Black voices on social media, particularly Facebook, who took me in hand. (I’m afraid I thought “color blindness” was a real and good thing before that.)
Amy Rich (she/her)@popcornreel I think about being white (and female) in terms of the privilege that it affords me, especially in the US and Europe. There are so many uninformed snap judgements people make about my intelligence, education, trustworthiness, station in life, ability to speak up, intent, right to freedom and happiness...
Like machines, people pattern match based on learned data. Unfortunately, many societies feed people garbage data about how white is better, male is better, rich is better, etc.
ray johns@popcornreel yes, as a product of my conscious efforts to make antiracist choices
pdb@popcornreel Constantly. No escape, no relief.