The Audacity of a White Woman 💁♀️
Using My White Privilege— for Good
📂 Filed Under: Protest in Lip Gloss, Confessional Activism, Karen Rewired, Dispatch 11:11, Smile for the Algorithm
Don’t just have the privilege. Wield it.
The Audacity of a White Woman
by Rebecca M. Bell
Let’s be honest:
No one on Earth has more raw audacity than a white woman in a Target Customer Service line.
She will demand to speak to someone’s manager about a rug she bought in 2008 with the confidence of a war general. She will roll up with nothing but vibes and a crumpled receipt from a completely different store—
and she will still get the refund.
Why?
Because she expects to be heard.
Because the world made room for her complaints.
Because her outrage is familiar.
Because somewhere along the way, someone taught her:
“If you’re loud enough, you’ll win.”
And I’ve decided:
I’m going to use that exact same energy.
But not for a refund.
Not for a discount.
Not for a faster table, a better parking spot, or a manager’s attention— I’m going to use it to defend the people this country was built to ignore.
If the world is going to hand me a megaphone for simply being palatable and pale, I’m damn well going to scream something worth hearing.
If I’m going to be watched in line,
I want it to be because I said something radical—
not because I made a scene over almond milk.
If I’m going to be labeled difficult,
I want it to be because I disrupted a room full of cowards.
Not because my salad came with croutons.
