Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea

Growing up in the inner city of Chicago, I was surrounded by many friends who blamed and still blame, "The Rich White Man" for the reason they are where they are. My mother instilled in me from a young age to never blame and never complain and I was one of the few who went to college and moved on and found a successful career. There were also a select few from where I grew up who made it on to bigger and better things. The common theme with all of us is we had goals, direction and didn't blame or play any victim card. The last thing the inidividuals in my old neighborhood of North Lawndale in Chicago is to turn on Netflix and have another reason to think they are victims and whites are so privileged. It is true that it is a bit more challenging for us to get out and become something, but not impossible if you have the right message and ambition. These documentaries hurt more than help. They are made to allow guilty whites to feel better about themselves and don't actually take into consideration how much it hurts those in the inner cities who already feel they are victims. More of documentaries and things like this only confirm what they actually feel and will leave everyone stuck. We need empowering messages like, "Anyone can do it and make it" or "Focus on yourself and growing everyday", not "whites are the lucky ones and minorities have no chance." The filmmakers here felt so good about themselves making this film, but in my opinion it hurts minorities in tough situations.

Whilst it still only scratches at the surface, Chelsea and her commentators raise some valid points and offers ways to start working through issues as:

• How white people need to solve this problem instead of just projecting it onto the black community
• How to better become more aware structures that work in your favour/against
• What some of the forms of structural dicrimination is currently happening in the US.

For little over an hour, it's a good conversation starter.

P.S.: There seem to be a lot of angry white trolls on this page.

She uses her privilege to talk about her privilege, to make more of that privileged money. Yet, she thinks she's so woke. She's like an annoying, drunken aunt that's stuck in her hippie days.

So with many of the poor reviews here, people seem to hate this documentary because it makes white people feel and about being white. I would recommend those to read up a little about white privilege because it IS real - Chelsea is not trying to make anyone feel bad with something they can't change, cause of course there's white peoples who struggle, however for POC the system is adding more hurdles to this struggle. She's rather trying to reveal that white privilege exists. Why don't you ask yourself why this gets you so irritated? Maybe because there's a threat that the privilege will be debunked and will take away some of your benefits? Overall, I thought the documentary a good start for an anti racism, facing our privilege conversation, but needs more depth. it did feel like she was trying to apologize for her whiteness, but to be honest, there's probably no smooth way for a blonde woman to address this issue. I'm still glad she did as it opens up a discussion.

As a colored person in America, I am asking everyone to please stop with all of this. I watched this with my wife and this message is not helpful to anyone. I grew up in a rough neighborhood that I occasionally go back to and visit family. All of my old friends that are still living in the neighborhood are still complaining about white privilege and play the victim card on a daily basis. They are mostly in their mid to upper 30's. The few friends that made it out and are successful with families and careers never complain, never play the victim card and focus on becoming better for themselves and their families. Society has come a long way and if we stop all of this nonsense and focus on improving ourselves and being the best we can for society and our families, we will all be better off. Chelsea, direct your energy somewhere more useful than trying to show everyone how you are so compassionate, caring and woke. Hi