ABSTRACT
Introduction In the last two chapters I outlined the nature of white privilege and explained, in part, why it is so diffi cult for us whites to see and accept the fact that being white privileges us. In Chapter 2 I explained the strong countervailing forces that form the white privilege lens. Once we come to see our racial privilege, we often forget it in new situations. Th at too is part of the nature of our privilege-we can lapse and forget it with seemingly no negative repercussions. Or, are there also costs to our privilege that are equally well hidden to us? Th is chapter explores that question.
