Andrea Rubenstein blogs intelligently and readably about how a privileged person should interact with (for lack of a better term, since I refuse to use the word “oppressed”) a person who does not share that privilege.

I strongly urge everyone to read the entire article (it’s not painful, unless you’re on the defensive, and there’s good advice here.) From my years working in the Bay Area Asian American community (which is what Andrea calls “a minority space”) I have met many “invaders”, all of whom, at some time or another, have broken Andrea’s rules. If you have ever entered, do currently enter, or have any intention in the future of entering a “minority space”, you really, really need to read this.

Actually, before you read this, you might want to read the articles below. Andrea mentions in her post above the problem the privileged have with recognizing their privilege (that’s the core of privilege: the privilege not to recognize itself.) I found these from surfing through a number of links starting with Liz’s last post directly below this one:
• a checklist of invisible items of male privilege
• a checklist of items of white privilege

• also here, in a way, is a checklist of class privilege.

Cross posted on SeeLight.