Acknowledging that all our land was stolen from Native people feels like too great a burden, so we create an alternative reality that allows us to disengage emotionally from the truth.

Daniel Hill
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The fact that all of our land was stolen from Native people feels too great a burden, so we have developed an alternative reality that allows us to disengage emotionally from the truth. This quote is an example of white privilege. It is a privilege for white people to be able to divorce themselves from the reality of what happened to Native people in this country. That’s white privilege.

Source: White Awake: An Honest Look At What It Means To Be White

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