Well , there was also that time he rubbed the ball on his zipper . <| sep |> Being white is a privilege . It doesn ' t mean you lived a privilege life personally , there ' s always exceptions , it ' s speaking towards the inherent benefits having a certain skin color gets a person in American society which absolutely is true . You can ' t take every statement discussing societal norms and take it as if it ' s absolutely true for each individual . It ' s trends and norms . <| sep |> That sucks , I ' m sorry . It ' s terrifying to think that any other accident during that period of time could permanently cripple you financially . When I was pregnant , which would already be a very expensive thing in the US but virtually free here , my hurband cut his hand at work and had to have surgery . The operation was free and , since he couldn ' t drive to work for a while , the state paid for his daily taxi 1 h each way . Sometimes I wonder what kind of situation we would be in if we didn ' t have socialized medicine . With a baby and a crippled husband .