COME ALIVE

This post has been a long time coming... And even following a decade of learning, wrestling, avoiding, and processing, I still feel incapable of eloquently expressing the turbulent transition of perspective I have come to. It seems that no matter how many times I rewrite my thoughts, they forever remain locked as diamonds in rough; thus, I covet your patient and grace as I attempt to excavate as articulately as possible.I have written this entry as much for myself as for others, in an effort to organize and simultaneously release the thoughts that have challenged my mind for so long. That being said, it directed at no particular race - though it is my sincere hope that all would find something of benefit. Where to start...I have fought the idea of white privilege for, well, as long as I can remember. I fought it, not because I am racist, though I have no doubt that I have acted or avoided acting at the cost of another's racial identity, but rather I realize now that I never