I'll be sure to pass this article out to all the white people who attend the soup kitchen I cook for on a Monday night. This article is powerfully written, but works under the assumption that all white people are more privilleged than all black people. This flies in the face of the lived experience of many, and is demonstrably false. Such assumptions fuel the racist rhetoric that demagogues use to fan the flames of division.

Your life may be 'the life of an unprivileged black woman, you can't forget it, you can't hide from it, you cannot replace it' - but reality is a matter of perspective and you may choose to shift it any time you like. Positing oneself as the victim and kicking upward is very popular at the moment but to do so is disingenuous when considering the multi-faceted nature of privilege. What's more, it ignores all the people who are below you in the pecking order of fortune (both financial and abstract)

Many white people I work with don't have time to be a philosopher, they aren't global nomads, writers or swimmers - they don't paraglide, they don't own dogs, they aren't pro-democracy. Most of the time, they're just getting by with complicated lives that don't feel privileged in the slightest. Viewing the world as if privilege is only divisible by skin colour rather than any other selected trait is misguided. It plays a part - that is undeniable and shouldn't be ignored in a tolerant society - but it is not the only factor.

In answer to your final sentence, I've read your perspective, it's well written, enjoyable and very eloquent and yet I feel compelled to challenge it.