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Reflections on Race, Privilege, and Professional Opportunities
The individual reflects on how being white played a significant role in them being hired for a job, even though it wasn't the sole reason. This privilege also led to professional opportunities such as securing the best investigative internship at a paper through connections and receiving support like cosigning for an apartment. The speaker acknowledges that while they had qualifications and similar politics to a reporter who hired them, being white still provided them with advantages in their professional journey.