It is your privilege that shapes what you get to worry about and it is a lack of privilege that shapes what she must worry about.

You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are different from you move through and experience the world in ways you might never know anything about. They might endure situations you can never know anything about.

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.

If you are reading this essay, you have some kind of privilege.

You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are different from you move through and experience the world in ways you might never know anything about.