Whiteness has its privileges, among which is the privilege to be taken seriously as an intellectual, to be seen as the model patron of a library, the rightful inhabitant of a university campus, never to be viewed as a security risk to other students for his mere presence there.
Ann M. Little, “Who’s telling who to STFU at American universities? Observations on teaching at a HWCU.” Historiann: History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present, November 21, 2015. http://historiann.com/2015/11/21/whos-telling-who-to-stfu-at-american-universities-observations-on-teaching-at-a-hwcu/.