How much have you benefited from racism?
Interesting premise for a book, as I have considered similar for my life.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/us/the-white-bonus-book-tracie-mcmillan-cec
In my case, my dad got his education in a highly sought after engineering field in a segregated program in a segregated state - a program that would not have been available had he been born black. After marrying, he and my mom bought a house that would not have been available to him if he were black. And when they sold that house 8 years later, it sold within hours for multiple times above asking price because it was in a school district that was not involved in a recently enacted bussing program. White flight had driven up demand and the price of their house by 4 times. That increase allowed them to buy another house that would have otherwise been well out of their income range. And when they relocated a few years after that, that real estate investment allowed them to buy a house in a neighborhood that has since turned into one of the more expensive zip codes in the country and put me in a highly-regarded school district.
So, yeah, I have definitely benefited from racism. I don't deny it.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/us/the-white-bonus-book-tracie-mcmillan-cec
In my case, my dad got his education in a highly sought after engineering field in a segregated program in a segregated state - a program that would not have been available had he been born black. After marrying, he and my mom bought a house that would not have been available to him if he were black. And when they sold that house 8 years later, it sold within hours for multiple times above asking price because it was in a school district that was not involved in a recently enacted bussing program. White flight had driven up demand and the price of their house by 4 times. That increase allowed them to buy another house that would have otherwise been well out of their income range. And when they relocated a few years after that, that real estate investment allowed them to buy a house in a neighborhood that has since turned into one of the more expensive zip codes in the country and put me in a highly-regarded school district.
So, yeah, I have definitely benefited from racism. I don't deny it.
46-50, M
