My Take on White Privilege
**Disclaimer: I have been writing blog posts for the training clinic I am interning with, and some of the posts for that site are posted here. **The following post is not one of those. This is my independent set of opinions, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Psychological Services Center.** To be white in this country comes with great privilege. We don't see it because it acts like a little bubble, protecting us from the horrors others experience. Our world isn't filled with experiences of prejudice, discrimination, or racism (obviously there are other situations where this isn't true, like with the case of the LGBTQ+ and disabled population, but that's not what I'm getting at). Our understanding of another's experience is greatly influenced by the way we've experienced life, and we don't like facing it. It's uncomfortable. Especially in this day and age, when this country seems so progressive, and so culturally sophisticated, for som