<p><pre><code>    In your example, it&#x27;s the cop that&#x27;s committing the infraction. And yet, I&#x27;m the one that is expected to improve the situation, despite the fact that I&#x27;ve never been racist.
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You&#x27;re not expected to fix it, or even feel guilt about it! Honestly. Seriously.<p>I don&#x27;t feel &quot;guilty&quot; if a white cop murders a black person, just like I don&#x27;t feel guilty if I see somebody in a wheelchair. I <i>do</i> hate it, and I do try to consider how lucky I am, and maybe hopefully think about how I can make that situation better, or at least not make it worse.<p>The idea is literally just to recognize that the inequality exists.<p>Obviously the hope is that once we recognize that inequalities exist, we might want to address them somehow. Maybe as a society, maybe just as individuals being more mindful of how we treat others.<p>Like if I get resumes from &quot;Edmund Smith&quot; and &quot;Jamal Brown.&quot; Should I automatically hire &quot;Jamal Brown&quot; because he &quot;sounds black?&quot; Hell no. Should I take an honest look at myself and make sure I&#x27;m not making assumptions based on what I assume to be Jamal&#x27;s race and what I assume people of his race are like? Yes. If I work at a large company, should I maybe even look at the data and see if we as a company are rejecting &quot;black sounding&quot; candidates more often than &quot;white sounding&quot; candidates of equal qualifications? Probably, yeah, because it&#x27;s the right thing to do <i>and</i> our company is only hurting itself if our hiring process is being compromised by inequal hiring practices.<p>Anyway, even if you hate those examples I just gave, know that the goal of recognizing privilege is <i>awareness.</i>