What impact do you think it has had in your life, whatever your racial or ethnic identity and in our society more broadly"? some adults in westport bristled at the implication that race was a factor in their success. the organizers didn't back down. they explained it should only be what students think, not what older people think, people outside of westport thinks what, the press thinks or people about diversity think. this essay was designed to get people thinking. well, it got me thinking about white privilege. it's not something i thought about growing up in the suburbs of philadelphia. in ...