Did you not read all the comments here from people from poor, rural families for whom the post resonated?  Many, if not most of them are likely white (some even explicitly stated it).<p>What exact privilege does growing up desperately poor in rural West Virginia bring you?  A person from a middle class black family in NYC would have much more opportunity.<p>Yes, each person would face their own set of challenges (ie, the black person vis-a-vis the police, although believe me that unjustified police brutality happens to white people too).  But it&#x27;s wrong to judge one as being &quot;privileged&quot; based solely on their skin color, without knowing anything about them.<p>Sadly, I noticed that most of the people shouting &quot;privilege&quot; at others themselves come from very privileged backgrounds, and have learned this attitude at some expensive private liberal arts college.  I&#x27;m not sure what is driving their crusades (guilt?), but again, I was raised that it&#x27;s not right to judge people based solely on their skin color, regardless of the rational behind it.  And fail as I may sometimes, I will continue to strive toward that goal.<p>Finally, what about those of us coming from a mixed-race background, with a grandparent or great-grandparent from a &quot;non-privileged&quot; group?  If you look hard at some of us, you can see evidence of that group.  Are we partially privileged?  Or is being privileged a discrete state?