White Privilege Inside Brown Skin

Privilege based on skin colour isn’t ‘white’, it’s ‘light’.

ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
4 min readFeb 16, 2021

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You probably think that ‘white privilege’ doesn’t belong to me. How could it when my skin is brown? But I have a secret I haven’t shared, something that until now I have dared not say out loud for fear of being shouted down.

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ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

Writing on the female experience, race, motherhood & self-development. Columnist at The Green Parent magazine. Follow me on IG @adeola_moonsong.