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The moment this man realized there was a whole part of others’ existence that was invisible to him is a powerful one. *boggle* Happens riiiight around images 4 and 5. I’m not asking you to do anything but think about the moment he had. A little thought experiment. Have you ever had a moment like…

Lori White

Oct 3, 2014

1. Just your average classroom moment. Wait. Everything changed?!?

2. OK. So we’re all humans, but our experience of is Not. The. Same?!?

3. Is *your* race invisible? Or is it visible?

4. PRIVILEGE IS INVISIBLE TO THOSE WHO HAVE IT. *boggle*

5. He’s like, “Wait, I see myself as a human being.” … And then in a literal facepalm moment, he realizes ALL THE THINGS that have been invisible for him!

6. GENERIC HUMAN THING = THIS GUY.

7. That down there? That’s the definition of what it means to get a clue.

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