Live Chat:What White Privilege Means to You

Thalia Anguiano, a junior at Drake University who asked the question of the former Secretary of State. Hillary Clinton was asked to address how she has benefitted from her white privilege at the Iowa Black and Brown Forum Monday night during Fusion’s two-hour presidential forum. Clinton, along with other Democratic presidential candidates Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders, were pressed on issues deemed important to minority communities including healthcare, criminal justice reform, immigration, education and economic development. “Can you tell us what white privilege means to you and can you give me an example from your life or career when you think you have benefitted from it?” “I think it is hard when you are swimming in the ocean to know exactly what is happening around you so much as it is when you’re standing on the shore perhaps watching," Clinton responded.