[metajack]

> I am well aware (and have been for decades) that I've been the beneficiary of white male privilege

Excellent. Either you got this training at some point or you figured it out yourself. The point of such training is to make sure that all of us white men understand that benefits we've gotten from systemic racism.

This is not really different from other aspects of education. I spent plenty of time in computer science classes where I already understood the material. I had some exposure to this kind of education about systemic racism early in college, which I completely bounced off of and missed the point of. Future exposure eventually got the message through. Sometimes repetition is needed.

> But aside from treating all humans equally, I'm not sure what else I can really do.

That's a big "aside from". There are many times in my career where I have decision making power or influence on a decision that involves other humans. Being aware of systemic racism and unconscious and conscious biases help me make more equitable decisions. If you are doing similar things, then congratulations, you are probably helping solve the problem. I don't think anyone is asking you to do more than that.

[nobody9999]

>Excellent. Either you got this training at some point or you figured it out yourself. The point of such training is to make sure that all of us white men understand that benefits we've gotten from systemic racism.

No. No training about this except more than fifty years of living in this world.

I'll summarize in a negative way as that's generally better understood:

  There are assholes *everywhere*.
  They are men and women.
  They are of all ethnicities, creeds and levels of 
  melanin content.
  They are also a pretty small group compared to the 
  larger population.
  But they are well mixed within the population and 
  appear with some regularity.

Pretty much everybody else are decent, kind people. As such, I give folks the benefit of the doubt unless and until they show me they don't deserve it.