ABSTRACT
In this chapter, Moskowitz describes the experiences that lead to his epiphany about his white privilege. While many of his closest relatives were Holocaust survivors, Moskowitz was raised in a small rural town where he was often the only Jewish child. On a regular basis, he suffered anti-Semitic taunts and sometimes physical violence, yet he had a sense he could escape. He idealized Malcolm X and became Black-identified. Only in his late 20s, working with people of color, did he realize that despite the reality of anti-Semitism, he and others like him benefited from a privilege that was denied to people of color.
