Summary:
The book is a personal account of the author's journey to understand her own white privilege and the systemic racism that pervades American society. It explores her awakening to the realities of racial inequalities and her efforts to confront her own biases and complicity in perpetuating racial injustice.
Key points:
1. White Privilege: Irving discusses the unearned benefits white people receive in a racially biased society and her own obliviousness to it.
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