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When Discussions of Privilege Create Relationship Tension

My Black girlfriend says I benefit from white privilege but I grew up poor and I feel like she does not see my struggle.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mathematics of oppression resist simple accounting when lived through individual hearts.

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“Where Are You with Interracial and Cross-Cultural Partnerships?”

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