It’s not a lie. We’re just constricting the definition of whiteness.

The fact that the definition can constrict is what I’m talking about. It is a lie that white privilege renders you unassailable, because as we see, the system can decide you’re not white after all and haul you off anyways.

My family is mixed race, so I’m very cognizant that my skin tone will not save me if they decide I’m guilty by association. I’m privileged because I’m white enough to pass, but that evaporates as soon as people run a background check and my other name comes up.