White Privilege Pop Quiz: Reflecting on Whiteness

I edited this book. I suggested a few times that the title might be a turn off to the audience that might have the most to gain from it and besides, who is drawn to pop quizzes? I don't know what title would encompass how well this book illustrates what white privilege means without pulling punches or evoking defensiveness. It is a surprisingly easy read - enlivening, challenging and offers a compassionate shift in perspective. Secours often uses humor and poignant examples from her own life to underscore significant points. I finished reading this book and wished all white people would read it and understand that white privilege is not what many of us think privilege means. It's okay, give it a read.

Buy this book. Let its questions wash over you and through you. Think about your answers. Be willing to apply them to your life until you find yourself thinking and acting differently. Then apply them some more. If you do this, you will notice some behavior in your friends and family you hadn't really seen before. You can either challenge them, or give them a copy of this book. If you're not sure where to start, choose the most defensive person you know on the subject of race. If anyone can reach them, Secours can. It's her gift.

Molly has written a very thoughtful and insightful book about an issue that affects us all, even if we don't realize it. I guess that's the point; most of us don't recognize how race impacts our lives as white people; the advantages we have merely by being born white and the disadvantages people of color are born with. This book should be a MUST read. Thank you Molly for stirring these thoughts and encouraging this conversation. We will all be better for it.

Author and race relations expert Molly Secours, sits with herself over the years to expose big questions about Whiteness and what it means in the big picture of race. Now she has given us a tool to do the same. Powerful, yet easy, well written read.

So excited about this book! Having followed Molly Secours work/writing/activism for years, her voice in this context is always one of passion, experience, wisdom, commitment and integrity. This book is already helping me to have meaningful and powerful conversations with my daughters who, thanks to Molly’s guidance, will have a clearer and more empathetic understanding of their place in this world. Should be added to school curriculums across the board!

This book is a most important and excellent read. It is a rare feat when an author can thoroughly and effectively address the concept of white privilege through a lens that the reader can process and thereby internalize for introspection and growth. In “The White Privilege Pop Quiz”, Molly Secours does just that. Molly tells us that “recognizing privilege takes effort, courage, a willingness to be uncomfortable, and a determination to see with different eyes.” Through her gentle and compassionate style, Molly persuades and challenges us to examine our “whiteness” in ways that we may have not considered before. We have the potential to be better humans for reading this work. I know that I will be buying multiple copies for friends and family. It is just that important to share!

I have only read a couple chapters of the book, but it has already made me notice things within both myself and society I have never looked at before. Examining your privilege is never fun or comfortable, but this books aids you in a self examination that doesn't make you feel bad for not doing it sooner. I know this book will inspire some interesting dialogue with my friends and family in the near future.

...But I didn't know it al at all. Of course, we are all anxious when faced with a pop quiz, but hey, sometimes it's exactly what we need to find out what we don't know. This book by Molly Secours has the perfect look-in-the-mirror questions for each of us to ponder. And ponder you will. "Privilege" is a tough word to digest, but it is what we White people are born with and own it we must. Start here with this book. Not too long. Not too heavy in narrative. She talks to us like we're in the same room. I promise you won't be sorry and you just might find yourself in a new skin.

I was initially wary of the term 'white privilege' but have come to accept and understand it. This book is an excellent guide to help with that broadening of thought. It combines a personal journey of enlightenment with a little bit of informal education.

Molly has done a wonderful job in writing and putting this book out there when we all need it the most! It is very thought provoking and certainly asks me lots of questions I have never been asked and have never really thought about. It is making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. I am sharing a copy of this book with friends who have asked me some of the same questions that Molly asks us to look at in ourselves. A must read for all of us! Great job Molly!

I edited this book. I suggested a few times that the title might be a turn off to the audience that might have the most to gain from it and besides, who is drawn to pop quizzes? I don't know what title would encompass how well this book illustrates what white privilege means without pulling punches or evoking defensiveness. It is a surprisingly easy read - enlivening, challenging and offers a compassionate shift in perspective. Secours often uses humor and poignant examples from her own life to underscore significant points. I finished reading this book and wished all white people would read it and understand that white privilege is not what many of us think privilege means. It's okay, give it a read.

Buy this book. Let its questions wash over you and through you. Think about your answers. Be willing to apply them to your life until you find yourself thinking and acting differently. Then apply them some more. If you do this, you will notice some behavior in your friends and family you hadn't really seen before. You can either challenge them, or give them a copy of this book. If you're not sure where to start, choose the most defensive person you know on the subject of race. If anyone can reach them, Secours can. It's her gift.

Molly has written a very thoughtful and insightful book about an issue that affects us all, even if we don't realize it. I guess that's the point; most of us don't recognize how race impacts our lives as white people; the advantages we have merely by being born white and the disadvantages people of color are born with. This book should be a MUST read. Thank you Molly for stirring these thoughts and encouraging this conversation. We will all be better for it.

Author and race relations expert Molly Secours, sits with herself over the years to expose big questions about Whiteness and what it means in the big picture of race. Now she has given us a tool to do the same. Powerful, yet easy, well written read.

So excited about this book! Having followed Molly Secours work/writing/activism for years, her voice in this context is always one of passion, experience, wisdom, commitment and integrity. This book is already helping me to have meaningful and powerful conversations with my daughters who, thanks to Molly’s guidance, will have a clearer and more empathetic understanding of their place in this world. Should be added to school curriculums across the board!

This book is a most important and excellent read. It is a rare feat when an author can thoroughly and effectively address the concept of white privilege through a lens that the reader can process and thereby internalize for introspection and growth. In “The White Privilege Pop Quiz”, Molly Secours does just that. Molly tells us that “recognizing privilege takes effort, courage, a willingness to be uncomfortable, and a determination to see with different eyes.” Through her gentle and compassionate style, Molly persuades and challenges us to examine our “whiteness” in ways that we may have not considered before. We have the potential to be better humans for reading this work. I know that I will be buying multiple copies for friends and family. It is just that important to share!

I have only read a couple chapters of the book, but it has already made me notice things within both myself and society I have never looked at before. Examining your privilege is never fun or comfortable, but this books aids you in a self examination that doesn't make you feel bad for not doing it sooner. I know this book will inspire some interesting dialogue with my friends and family in the near future.

...But I didn't know it al at all. Of course, we are all anxious when faced with a pop quiz, but hey, sometimes it's exactly what we need to find out what we don't know. This book by Molly Secours has the perfect look-in-the-mirror questions for each of us to ponder. And ponder you will. "Privilege" is a tough word to digest, but it is what we White people are born with and own it we must. Start here with this book. Not too long. Not too heavy in narrative. She talks to us like we're in the same room. I promise you won't be sorry and you just might find yourself in a new skin.

I was initially wary of the term 'white privilege' but have come to accept and understand it. This book is an excellent guide to help with that broadening of thought. It combines a personal journey of enlightenment with a little bit of informal education.

Molly has done a wonderful job in writing and putting this book out there when we all need it the most! It is very thought provoking and certainly asks me lots of questions I have never been asked and have never really thought about. It is making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. I am sharing a copy of this book with friends who have asked me some of the same questions that Molly asks us to look at in ourselves. A must read for all of us! Great job Molly!

I edited this book. I suggested a few times that the title might be a turn off to the audience that might have the most to gain from it and besides, who is drawn to pop quizzes? I don't know what title would encompass how well this book illustrates what white privilege means without pulling punches or evoking defensiveness. It is a surprisingly easy read - enlivening, challenging and offers a compassionate shift in perspective. Secours often uses humor and poignant examples from her own life to underscore significant points. I finished reading this book and wished all white people would read it and understand that white privilege is not what many of us think privilege means. It's okay, give it a read.

Buy this book. Let its questions wash over you and through you. Think about your answers. Be willing to apply them to your life until you find yourself thinking and acting differently. Then apply them some more. If you do this, you will notice some behavior in your friends and family you hadn't really seen before. You can either challenge them, or give them a copy of this book. If you're not sure where to start, choose the most defensive person you know on the subject of race. If anyone can reach them, Secours can. It's her gift.

Molly has written a very thoughtful and insightful book about an issue that affects us all, even if we don't realize it. I guess that's the point; most of us don't recognize how race impacts our lives as white people; the advantages we have merely by being born white and the disadvantages people of color are born with. This book should be a MUST read. Thank you Molly for stirring these thoughts and encouraging this conversation. We will all be better for it.

Author and race relations expert Molly Secours, sits with herself over the years to expose big questions about Whiteness and what it means in the big picture of race. Now she has given us a tool to do the same. Powerful, yet easy, well written read.

So excited about this book! Having followed Molly Secours work/writing/activism for years, her voice in this context is always one of passion, experience, wisdom, commitment and integrity. This book is already helping me to have meaningful and powerful conversations with my daughters who, thanks to Molly’s guidance, will have a clearer and more empathetic understanding of their place in this world. Should be added to school curriculums across the board!

This book is a most important and excellent read. It is a rare feat when an author can thoroughly and effectively address the concept of white privilege through a lens that the reader can process and thereby internalize for introspection and growth. In “The White Privilege Pop Quiz”, Molly Secours does just that. Molly tells us that “recognizing privilege takes effort, courage, a willingness to be uncomfortable, and a determination to see with different eyes.” Through her gentle and compassionate style, Molly persuades and challenges us to examine our “whiteness” in ways that we may have not considered before. We have the potential to be better humans for reading this work. I know that I will be buying multiple copies for friends and family. It is just that important to share!

I have only read a couple chapters of the book, but it has already made me notice things within both myself and society I have never looked at before. Examining your privilege is never fun or comfortable, but this books aids you in a self examination that doesn't make you feel bad for not doing it sooner. I know this book will inspire some interesting dialogue with my friends and family in the near future.

...But I didn't know it al at all. Of course, we are all anxious when faced with a pop quiz, but hey, sometimes it's exactly what we need to find out what we don't know. This book by Molly Secours has the perfect look-in-the-mirror questions for each of us to ponder. And ponder you will. "Privilege" is a tough word to digest, but it is what we White people are born with and own it we must. Start here with this book. Not too long. Not too heavy in narrative. She talks to us like we're in the same room. I promise you won't be sorry and you just might find yourself in a new skin.

I was initially wary of the term 'white privilege' but have come to accept and understand it. This book is an excellent guide to help with that broadening of thought. It combines a personal journey of enlightenment with a little bit of informal education.

Molly has done a wonderful job in writing and putting this book out there when we all need it the most! It is very thought provoking and certainly asks me lots of questions I have never been asked and have never really thought about. It is making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. I am sharing a copy of this book with friends who have asked me some of the same questions that Molly asks us to look at in ourselves. A must read for all of us! Great job Molly!

I edited this book. I suggested a few times that the title might be a turn off to the audience that might have the most to gain from it and besides, who is drawn to pop quizzes? I don't know what title would encompass how well this book illustrates what white privilege means without pulling punches or evoking defensiveness. It is a surprisingly easy read - enlivening, challenging and offers a compassionate shift in perspective. Secours often uses humor and poignant examples from her own life to underscore significant points. I finished reading this book and wished all white people would read it and understand that white privilege is not what many of us think privilege means. It's okay, give it a read.

Buy this book. Let its questions wash over you and through you. Think about your answers. Be willing to apply them to your life until you find yourself thinking and acting differently. Then apply them some more. If you do this, you will notice some behavior in your friends and family you hadn't really seen before. You can either challenge them, or give them a copy of this book. If you're not sure where to start, choose the most defensive person you know on the subject of race. If anyone can reach them, Secours can. It's her gift.

Molly has written a very thoughtful and insightful book about an issue that affects us all, even if we don't realize it. I guess that's the point; most of us don't recognize how race impacts our lives as white people; the advantages we have merely by being born white and the disadvantages people of color are born with. This book should be a MUST read. Thank you Molly for stirring these thoughts and encouraging this conversation. We will all be better for it.

Author and race relations expert Molly Secours, sits with herself over the years to expose big questions about Whiteness and what it means in the big picture of race. Now she has given us a tool to do the same. Powerful, yet easy, well written read.

So excited about this book! Having followed Molly Secours work/writing/activism for years, her voice in this context is always one of passion, experience, wisdom, commitment and integrity. This book is already helping me to have meaningful and powerful conversations with my daughters who, thanks to Molly’s guidance, will have a clearer and more empathetic understanding of their place in this world. Should be added to school curriculums across the board!

This book is a most important and excellent read. It is a rare feat when an author can thoroughly and effectively address the concept of white privilege through a lens that the reader can process and thereby internalize for introspection and growth. In “The White Privilege Pop Quiz”, Molly Secours does just that. Molly tells us that “recognizing privilege takes effort, courage, a willingness to be uncomfortable, and a determination to see with different eyes.” Through her gentle and compassionate style, Molly persuades and challenges us to examine our “whiteness” in ways that we may have not considered before. We have the potential to be better humans for reading this work. I know that I will be buying multiple copies for friends and family. It is just that important to share!

I have only read a couple chapters of the book, but it has already made me notice things within both myself and society I have never looked at before. Examining your privilege is never fun or comfortable, but this books aids you in a self examination that doesn't make you feel bad for not doing it sooner. I know this book will inspire some interesting dialogue with my friends and family in the near future.

...But I didn't know it al at all. Of course, we are all anxious when faced with a pop quiz, but hey, sometimes it's exactly what we need to find out what we don't know. This book by Molly Secours has the perfect look-in-the-mirror questions for each of us to ponder. And ponder you will. "Privilege" is a tough word to digest, but it is what we White people are born with and own it we must. Start here with this book. Not too long. Not too heavy in narrative. She talks to us like we're in the same room. I promise you won't be sorry and you just might find yourself in a new skin.

I was initially wary of the term 'white privilege' but have come to accept and understand it. This book is an excellent guide to help with that broadening of thought. It combines a personal journey of enlightenment with a little bit of informal education.

Molly has done a wonderful job in writing and putting this book out there when we all need it the most! It is very thought provoking and certainly asks me lots of questions I have never been asked and have never really thought about. It is making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. I am sharing a copy of this book with friends who have asked me some of the same questions that Molly asks us to look at in ourselves. A must read for all of us! Great job Molly!

I edited this book. I suggested a few times that the title might be a turn off to the audience that might have the most to gain from it and besides, who is drawn to pop quizzes? I don't know what title would encompass how well this book illustrates what white privilege means without pulling punches or evoking defensiveness. It is a surprisingly easy read - enlivening, challenging and offers a compassionate shift in perspective. Secours often uses humor and poignant examples from her own life to underscore significant points. I finished reading this book and wished all white people would read it and understand that white privilege is not what many of us think privilege means. It's okay, give it a read.

Buy this book. Let its questions wash over you and through you. Think about your answers. Be willing to apply them to your life until you find yourself thinking and acting differently. Then apply them some more. If you do this, you will notice some behavior in your friends and family you hadn't really seen before. You can either challenge them, or give them a copy of this book. If you're not sure where to start, choose the most defensive person you know on the subject of race. If anyone can reach them, Secours can. It's her gift.

Molly has written a very thoughtful and insightful book about an issue that affects us all, even if we don't realize it. I guess that's the point; most of us don't recognize how race impacts our lives as white people; the advantages we have merely by being born white and the disadvantages people of color are born with. This book should be a MUST read. Thank you Molly for stirring these thoughts and encouraging this conversation. We will all be better for it.

Author and race relations expert Molly Secours, sits with herself over the years to expose big questions about Whiteness and what it means in the big picture of race. Now she has given us a tool to do the same. Powerful, yet easy, well written read.

So excited about this book! Having followed Molly Secours work/writing/activism for years, her voice in this context is always one of passion, experience, wisdom, commitment and integrity. This book is already helping me to have meaningful and powerful conversations with my daughters who, thanks to Molly’s guidance, will have a clearer and more empathetic understanding of their place in this world. Should be added to school curriculums across the board!

This book is a most important and excellent read. It is a rare feat when an author can thoroughly and effectively address the concept of white privilege through a lens that the reader can process and thereby internalize for introspection and growth. In “The White Privilege Pop Quiz”, Molly Secours does just that. Molly tells us that “recognizing privilege takes effort, courage, a willingness to be uncomfortable, and a determination to see with different eyes.” Through her gentle and compassionate style, Molly persuades and challenges us to examine our “whiteness” in ways that we may have not considered before. We have the potential to be better humans for reading this work. I know that I will be buying multiple copies for friends and family. It is just that important to share!

I have only read a couple chapters of the book, but it has already made me notice things within both myself and society I have never looked at before. Examining your privilege is never fun or comfortable, but this books aids you in a self examination that doesn't make you feel bad for not doing it sooner. I know this book will inspire some interesting dialogue with my friends and family in the near future.

...But I didn't know it al at all. Of course, we are all anxious when faced with a pop quiz, but hey, sometimes it's exactly what we need to find out what we don't know. This book by Molly Secours has the perfect look-in-the-mirror questions for each of us to ponder. And ponder you will. "Privilege" is a tough word to digest, but it is what we White people are born with and own it we must. Start here with this book. Not too long. Not too heavy in narrative. She talks to us like we're in the same room. I promise you won't be sorry and you just might find yourself in a new skin.

I was initially wary of the term 'white privilege' but have come to accept and understand it. This book is an excellent guide to help with that broadening of thought. It combines a personal journey of enlightenment with a little bit of informal education.

Molly has done a wonderful job in writing and putting this book out there when we all need it the most! It is very thought provoking and certainly asks me lots of questions I have never been asked and have never really thought about. It is making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. I am sharing a copy of this book with friends who have asked me some of the same questions that Molly asks us to look at in ourselves. A must read for all of us! Great job Molly!

Rings of honesty and noble intentions. Clever in structure and design. Reader engagement is immediate and consistent. As a former high school teacher, I wish that I had this text. My non-white students often lamented, "They think they get us, Dr. Lamb, but they just don't!" This thoughtful, probing exercise is ideal for opening doors to new perspectives and understanding. Group readings and reactions would be ideal in the diverse classroom. Taking the pop-quiz together would be stimulating and fruitful. For me, the primary lesson is that before we can walk in another's shoes, we must hike in, and recognize the feel of our own -- feet first.

What I loved about this was its easy flow, given its most serious topic. It opened my eyes a bit more to the plight of others. It made me see how life is very different depending on your skin color. I knew it before, but certainly reading thisdeepened it. There were times where I was feeling the answers could be the same about being female. I think any marginalized group which cannot hide behind their physical appearances have some of the same issues. I totally recommend!

Buy this book and take your time absorbing its message. I’ve read numerous books dealing with the subject of white privilege and they have each offered me invaluable lessons...Yet, something about Molly’s approach and raw reflections allowed me to connect in a unique way with the message. I have gone back to her words several times since - and I imagine I will continue to do so. This truly is a valuable tool for anyone working to honestly reflect on what it means to be white in our society and how we might use our whiteness for positive change moving forward.

How Ms. Secours made a subject as fraught with misunderstanding as “white privilege,” not only easy to clearly understand, (even for the most defensive deniers) but she also succeeded in writing an entertaining, poignant, beautiful read as well. Change a mind, change the world. I would love to see this book in our schools, businesses and in every home. A great conversation starter. Highly recommended!

Amazing read! The Author takes a typically taboo subject and makes it come to life in this unbelievably well written book. Molly, thank you for having the courage to remind us that we are all a work-in-progress.

I love how this book is framed as a "pop quiz", but after reading it, I feel like I've been hit over the head with a cosmic 2x4...along with compassion, laughter, empathy, honesty, and much needed insight. A Heart Opener. Mind Opener. Eye Opener. One hell of a powerful Pop Quiz! A must-read & must-reflect book. Perfect timing.

Beautifully written. deeply Insightful. Asks provocative questions. Our honest answers will raise our awareness and be a great help to all of us longing to see and heal our systemic racism. Healing ourselves and America is a vital for us to survive and thrive. I'm grateful for the powerful medicine this book offers.

I love this book! It is provocative, eye opening, affirming, illuminating and educational!

As an African American this book was so healing and affirming on so many levels. Molly Secours helps readers discover our subverted culture of our racist society.

An urgent book for these times.

I edited this book. I suggested a few times that the title might be a turn off to the audience that might have the most to gain from it and besides, who is drawn to pop quizzes? I don't know what title would encompass how well this book illustrates what white privilege means without pulling punches or evoking defensiveness. It is a surprisingly easy read - enlivening, challenging and offers a compassionate shift in perspective. Secours often uses humor and poignant examples from her own life to underscore significant points. I finished reading this book and wished all white people would read it and understand that white privilege is not what many of us think privilege means. It's okay, give it a read.

Buy this book. Let its questions wash over you and through you. Think about your answers. Be willing to apply them to your life until you find yourself thinking and acting differently. Then apply them some more. If you do this, you will notice some behavior in your friends and family you hadn't really seen before. You can either challenge them, or give them a copy of this book. If you're not sure where to start, choose the most defensive person you know on the subject of race. If anyone can reach them, Secours can. It's her gift.

Molly has written a very thoughtful and insightful book about an issue that affects us all, even if we don't realize it. I guess that's the point; most of us don't recognize how race impacts our lives as white people; the advantages we have merely by being born white and the disadvantages people of color are born with. This book should be a MUST read. Thank you Molly for stirring these thoughts and encouraging this conversation. We will all be better for it.

Author and race relations expert Molly Secours, sits with herself over the years to expose big questions about Whiteness and what it means in the big picture of race. Now she has given us a tool to do the same. Powerful, yet easy, well written read.

So excited about this book! Having followed Molly Secours work/writing/activism for years, her voice in this context is always one of passion, experience, wisdom, commitment and integrity. This book is already helping me to have meaningful and powerful conversations with my daughters who, thanks to Molly’s guidance, will have a clearer and more empathetic understanding of their place in this world. Should be added to school curriculums across the board!

This book is a most important and excellent read. It is a rare feat when an author can thoroughly and effectively address the concept of white privilege through a lens that the reader can process and thereby internalize for introspection and growth. In “The White Privilege Pop Quiz”, Molly Secours does just that. Molly tells us that “recognizing privilege takes effort, courage, a willingness to be uncomfortable, and a determination to see with different eyes.” Through her gentle and compassionate style, Molly persuades and challenges us to examine our “whiteness” in ways that we may have not considered before. We have the potential to be better humans for reading this work. I know that I will be buying multiple copies for friends and family. It is just that important to share!

I have only read a couple chapters of the book, but it has already made me notice things within both myself and society I have never looked at before. Examining your privilege is never fun or comfortable, but this books aids you in a self examination that doesn't make you feel bad for not doing it sooner. I know this book will inspire some interesting dialogue with my friends and family in the near future.

...But I didn't know it al at all. Of course, we are all anxious when faced with a pop quiz, but hey, sometimes it's exactly what we need to find out what we don't know. This book by Molly Secours has the perfect look-in-the-mirror questions for each of us to ponder. And ponder you will. "Privilege" is a tough word to digest, but it is what we White people are born with and own it we must. Start here with this book. Not too long. Not too heavy in narrative. She talks to us like we're in the same room. I promise you won't be sorry and you just might find yourself in a new skin.

I was initially wary of the term 'white privilege' but have come to accept and understand it. This book is an excellent guide to help with that broadening of thought. It combines a personal journey of enlightenment with a little bit of informal education.

Molly has done a wonderful job in writing and putting this book out there when we all need it the most! It is very thought provoking and certainly asks me lots of questions I have never been asked and have never really thought about. It is making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. I am sharing a copy of this book with friends who have asked me some of the same questions that Molly asks us to look at in ourselves. A must read for all of us! Great job Molly!

Insightful and important read. Molly Secours brings a new level of self awareness that is much needed at this critical time along with a great way to get the conversations started.

Wow- this book is so important right now. It helped me focus on how to really understand what I as a white woman, subtlety take for granted. It helping me change to be more aware. A must read!

This is wonderful and my 12 year old liked it too!

A must needed read to truly understand the meaning of white privilege.

This was a great quick read and enlightening as well

If you have always lived in white neighborhoods, this book is for you. Even if you are well traveled, maybe even lived in foreign countries, there is still something significant for you here. In recent years we’ve heard many people deny the existence of systemic racism in our country. What is it, after all? Systemic racism refers to a reality that non-white folks encounter every day. It infects all of the different ways society is organized: housing, banking, land ownership, police protection, political representation, the healthcare system, and so much more. And it was baked in to all these systems intentionally. But so many of us are unaware. Molly Secours is a firm but gentle guide on the journey to awareness. She shares parts of her own journey as she traces the once-hidden, now clearly visible traces of slavery in the United States, the construct of whiteness, and the realization that white privilege cannot be denied. Her questions help us to investigate our own experiences, attitudes, and history while we open our hearts to see more deeply. This is a book that reveals wisdom hard won, the absolute necessity of relationships, and what we can begin to do with our own white privilege to change the world.

As a Black man, Molly Secours book felt like a defense for me without her knowing me. To discuss the subtleties of white privilege in a manner that allows the white community to hear of so many ways harm can be done, even in kindness, was a breathe of fresh air. Her stories and examples of how people of color have to think about their being and families everyday while others have a freedom in choosing to do so let me feel seen. I was very skeptical at first to read this book, mainly because at the end of the day, many can read this and just feel good about that alone and continue with their lives. However Molly has a way of adding history, storytelling, and exercises in to a chapter to challenge the reader in committing to this work as a lifestyle and not a trend. I certainly recommend this book to anyone wanting to be better humans towards people of color. Thanks Molly for not being a white savior in your book, but a co-laborer in anti-racist work.

I gave this book to all 5 of my siblings as a Christmas present. As a white family in an all white northeast suburb I believe it is even more critical that we discuss the privilege we have enjoyed because of our whiteness and examine the lack of awareness we had about the lives of African American people growing up and through to this day. To be white bodied in America today we must engage in a thorough analysis of why black-bodied people continue to have the highest rates of poverty, incarcerations, death-by-cops and challenges to voting access per capita, among a slew of other discriminatory systemic impacts, as compared to whites and how we white people keep this system in place by choosing to be oblivious rather than "woke." Ms. Secours book challenges with humor our assumptions, perceptions and presumptions about the difference experiences of living in white and black bodies while utilizing easily accessible language and personal experiences to make her insightful points. This is a must read for any white bodied person who maintains they truly care about equality, justice and opportunity for all.

I'm a mindfulness teacher at a residence for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. During the month of February, we are studying Black History. Consequentially, my book group was also reading Molly's book, White Privilege Pop Quiz. I was so inspired, I was able to integrate parts of Molly's book into my lessons, offering them an opportunity to reflect upon their own views on racism and white privilege. We came up with a nice long list of examples of how we as white folks are part of a system that unknowingly promotes racism. It was a very humbling experience for all of us! Thank you, Molly! - Di Brevard

Years ago Molly Secours said she was creating this quiz to help people understand white privilege. I could only imagine the questions she would ask and how very "arrived" I was regarding race. Then I took the quiz. What an epiphany it was. She put it online and teachers used it with students. The response all around was really hopeful. I'm used to conversations around race issues, but this quiz made things get really personal, really quick. The question I saw was how do we get this in front of more eyes? Then came the book. It was like the skies opened and the right time to be heard in a wider audience was nigh. I'm grateful for the discomfort the quiz caused me. If we are to become a more equitable people we first have to face the racism in ourselves. People of color didn't create the problem. It's a white thing and Molly's book helps us with recognizing our coded ways of maintaining white privilege and to take responsibility for ending racism. To continue on the path we've been on hurts all of us. The greatest damage, as Molly's quiz reveals, is to those whose only crime was to be born the wrong color. Rev. Susan Hudson McBride

I edited this book. I suggested a few times that the title might be a turn off to the audience that might have the most to gain from it and besides, who is drawn to pop quizzes? I don't know what title would encompass how well this book illustrates what white privilege means without pulling punches or evoking defensiveness. It is a surprisingly easy read - enlivening, challenging and offers a compassionate shift in perspective. Secours often uses humor and poignant examples from her own life to underscore significant points. I finished reading this book and wished all white people would read it and understand that white privilege is not what many of us think privilege means. It's okay, give it a read.

Buy this book. Let its questions wash over you and through you. Think about your answers. Be willing to apply them to your life until you find yourself thinking and acting differently. Then apply them some more. If you do this, you will notice some behavior in your friends and family you hadn't really seen before. You can either challenge them, or give them a copy of this book. If you're not sure where to start, choose the most defensive person you know on the subject of race. If anyone can reach them, Secours can. It's her gift.

Molly has written a very thoughtful and insightful book about an issue that affects us all, even if we don't realize it. I guess that's the point; most of us don't recognize how race impacts our lives as white people; the advantages we have merely by being born white and the disadvantages people of color are born with. This book should be a MUST read. Thank you Molly for stirring these thoughts and encouraging this conversation. We will all be better for it.

Author and race relations expert Molly Secours, sits with herself over the years to expose big questions about Whiteness and what it means in the big picture of race. Now she has given us a tool to do the same. Powerful, yet easy, well written read.

So excited about this book! Having followed Molly Secours work/writing/activism for years, her voice in this context is always one of passion, experience, wisdom, commitment and integrity. This book is already helping me to have meaningful and powerful conversations with my daughters who, thanks to Molly’s guidance, will have a clearer and more empathetic understanding of their place in this world. Should be added to school curriculums across the board!

This book is a most important and excellent read. It is a rare feat when an author can thoroughly and effectively address the concept of white privilege through a lens that the reader can process and thereby internalize for introspection and growth. In “The White Privilege Pop Quiz”, Molly Secours does just that. Molly tells us that “recognizing privilege takes effort, courage, a willingness to be uncomfortable, and a determination to see with different eyes.” Through her gentle and compassionate style, Molly persuades and challenges us to examine our “whiteness” in ways that we may have not considered before. We have the potential to be better humans for reading this work. I know that I will be buying multiple copies for friends and family. It is just that important to share!

I have only read a couple chapters of the book, but it has already made me notice things within both myself and society I have never looked at before. Examining your privilege is never fun or comfortable, but this books aids you in a self examination that doesn't make you feel bad for not doing it sooner. I know this book will inspire some interesting dialogue with my friends and family in the near future.

...But I didn't know it al at all. Of course, we are all anxious when faced with a pop quiz, but hey, sometimes it's exactly what we need to find out what we don't know. This book by Molly Secours has the perfect look-in-the-mirror questions for each of us to ponder. And ponder you will. "Privilege" is a tough word to digest, but it is what we White people are born with and own it we must. Start here with this book. Not too long. Not too heavy in narrative. She talks to us like we're in the same room. I promise you won't be sorry and you just might find yourself in a new skin.

I was initially wary of the term 'white privilege' but have come to accept and understand it. This book is an excellent guide to help with that broadening of thought. It combines a personal journey of enlightenment with a little bit of informal education.

Molly has done a wonderful job in writing and putting this book out there when we all need it the most! It is very thought provoking and certainly asks me lots of questions I have never been asked and have never really thought about. It is making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. I am sharing a copy of this book with friends who have asked me some of the same questions that Molly asks us to look at in ourselves. A must read for all of us! Great job Molly!

If you're at all inclined to pick up this book, please do so! And get one too to pass along to a friend. I recognized myself in some cringe-worthy ways, but that goes with the territory. It helps that Molly Secours does not spare herself in the process, and she will not skewer you. I hope people will read this who might be resistant to the notion of white privilege. I put a copy in my Little Free Library. Here's hoping!

I’ve been involved in social and racial justice issues for a while in my community in Tennessee. This year I’m organizing a virtual reading/reflection group on diversity, equity and inclusion to pull more of the community into the work. I’m also going to drag some of the non-usual suspects into this as well— elected officials, local police, etc. White Privilege Pop Quiz will be a great starting point for those new to this kind of critical self analysis, to reflect in concrete ways about white privilege in their everyday lives and experiences. Secour’s book lands on a reader as a invitation rather condemnation. Thanks to her for creating something that is both profound and accessible.

This is an enjoyable read, with humor and aha moments. It is amazing to realize that we probably have attitudes that we weren't aware of, that are part of whiteness. Thankfully it seems that the way out is just being around each other, so that we experience the wisdom and strength, forgiveness and good will of black and brown friends. The humility will do us good and sharing life and leadership with people of color will greatly improve our communities and strengthen our country.

This book helps us understand the divide of the races. I taught inner-city jr hi school some years back and one of the great empathies I came to know was that the kids had to live in two worlds: one of the school (standard white behaviors) and one of the neighborhoods they lived in. The black teachers had the same challenge. This book asks us to stop and think about what that might be like if brought into our own daily experience. Good book that needs to be read - thanks for the insights Molly Secours.

“Molly Secours has penned an important book that will stimulate robust conversations around kitchen tables nationwide. She shares her own journey through a difficult, but necessary self-reflection that our White brothers and sisters in particular must have if we are ever to make significant progress in the national movement to achieve equal justice under the law for all. All people, regardless of race, will benefit from the book because it explains the reality of White Privilege with powerful, yet simple clarity.”

Molly has written a beautiful guide for white people to critically reflect on their whiteness. The book is approachable in a way that helps foster conversations with coworkers, family members, and friends that might have difficulty engaging in these critical conversations. Additionally, it keeps the focus of work on white people to take care of their issues with whiteness which is incredibly refreshing and poignant. I would recommend this to anyone!

What a fantastic idea for a book!

This book is written from the heart. It moved me with it's honesty and intelligence. We white folks need to do a lot of waking up and this book is a good 1st alarm.

With no sharp edges, Molly Secours invites you to take a sobering look in the mirror. A very important book at a very important time. A MUST READ.

Very practical, easily understood, and extremely helpful. An important and accessible book for all white people to read.

I edited this book. I suggested a few times that the title might be a turn off to the audience that might have the most to gain from it and besides, who is drawn to pop quizzes? I don't know what title would encompass how well this book illustrates what white privilege means without pulling punches or evoking defensiveness. It is a surprisingly easy read - enlivening, challenging and offers a compassionate shift in perspective. Secours often uses humor and poignant examples from her own life to underscore significant points. I finished reading this book and wished all white people would read it and understand that white privilege is not what many of us think privilege means. It's okay, give it a read.

Buy this book. Let its questions wash over you and through you. Think about your answers. Be willing to apply them to your life until you find yourself thinking and acting differently. Then apply them some more. If you do this, you will notice some behavior in your friends and family you hadn't really seen before. You can either challenge them, or give them a copy of this book. If you're not sure where to start, choose the most defensive person you know on the subject of race. If anyone can reach them, Secours can. It's her gift.

Molly has written a very thoughtful and insightful book about an issue that affects us all, even if we don't realize it. I guess that's the point; most of us don't recognize how race impacts our lives as white people; the advantages we have merely by being born white and the disadvantages people of color are born with. This book should be a MUST read. Thank you Molly for stirring these thoughts and encouraging this conversation. We will all be better for it.

Author and race relations expert Molly Secours, sits with herself over the years to expose big questions about Whiteness and what it means in the big picture of race. Now she has given us a tool to do the same. Powerful, yet easy, well written read.

So excited about this book! Having followed Molly Secours work/writing/activism for years, her voice in this context is always one of passion, experience, wisdom, commitment and integrity. This book is already helping me to have meaningful and powerful conversations with my daughters who, thanks to Molly’s guidance, will have a clearer and more empathetic understanding of their place in this world. Should be added to school curriculums across the board!

This book is a most important and excellent read. It is a rare feat when an author can thoroughly and effectively address the concept of white privilege through a lens that the reader can process and thereby internalize for introspection and growth. In “The White Privilege Pop Quiz”, Molly Secours does just that. Molly tells us that “recognizing privilege takes effort, courage, a willingness to be uncomfortable, and a determination to see with different eyes.” Through her gentle and compassionate style, Molly persuades and challenges us to examine our “whiteness” in ways that we may have not considered before. We have the potential to be better humans for reading this work. I know that I will be buying multiple copies for friends and family. It is just that important to share!

I have only read a couple chapters of the book, but it has already made me notice things within both myself and society I have never looked at before. Examining your privilege is never fun or comfortable, but this books aids you in a self examination that doesn't make you feel bad for not doing it sooner. I know this book will inspire some interesting dialogue with my friends and family in the near future.

...But I didn't know it al at all. Of course, we are all anxious when faced with a pop quiz, but hey, sometimes it's exactly what we need to find out what we don't know. This book by Molly Secours has the perfect look-in-the-mirror questions for each of us to ponder. And ponder you will. "Privilege" is a tough word to digest, but it is what we White people are born with and own it we must. Start here with this book. Not too long. Not too heavy in narrative. She talks to us like we're in the same room. I promise you won't be sorry and you just might find yourself in a new skin.

I was initially wary of the term 'white privilege' but have come to accept and understand it. This book is an excellent guide to help with that broadening of thought. It combines a personal journey of enlightenment with a little bit of informal education.

Molly has done a wonderful job in writing and putting this book out there when we all need it the most! It is very thought provoking and certainly asks me lots of questions I have never been asked and have never really thought about. It is making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. I am sharing a copy of this book with friends who have asked me some of the same questions that Molly asks us to look at in ourselves. A must read for all of us! Great job Molly!

Accessible ,human,effective. It’s gets a powerful point across with humor and interactivity,I gave away 6 copies!

It is time for real change! This book is the perfect way to start!

Powerful, insightful and thought provoking. It’s a must read.

Should be required reading for all

I edited this book. I suggested a few times that the title might be a turn off to the audience that might have the most to gain from it and besides, who is drawn to pop quizzes? I don't know what title would encompass how well this book illustrates what white privilege means without pulling punches or evoking defensiveness. It is a surprisingly easy read - enlivening, challenging and offers a compassionate shift in perspective. Secours often uses humor and poignant examples from her own life to underscore significant points. I finished reading this book and wished all white people would read it and understand that white privilege is not what many of us think privilege means. It's okay, give it a read.

Buy this book. Let its questions wash over you and through you. Think about your answers. Be willing to apply them to your life until you find yourself thinking and acting differently. Then apply them some more. If you do this, you will notice some behavior in your friends and family you hadn't really seen before. You can either challenge them, or give them a copy of this book. If you're not sure where to start, choose the most defensive person you know on the subject of race. If anyone can reach them, Secours can. It's her gift.

Molly has written a very thoughtful and insightful book about an issue that affects us all, even if we don't realize it. I guess that's the point; most of us don't recognize how race impacts our lives as white people; the advantages we have merely by being born white and the disadvantages people of color are born with. This book should be a MUST read. Thank you Molly for stirring these thoughts and encouraging this conversation. We will all be better for it.

Author and race relations expert Molly Secours, sits with herself over the years to expose big questions about Whiteness and what it means in the big picture of race. Now she has given us a tool to do the same. Powerful, yet easy, well written read.

So excited about this book! Having followed Molly Secours work/writing/activism for years, her voice in this context is always one of passion, experience, wisdom, commitment and integrity. This book is already helping me to have meaningful and powerful conversations with my daughters who, thanks to Molly’s guidance, will have a clearer and more empathetic understanding of their place in this world. Should be added to school curriculums across the board!

This book is a most important and excellent read. It is a rare feat when an author can thoroughly and effectively address the concept of white privilege through a lens that the reader can process and thereby internalize for introspection and growth. In “The White Privilege Pop Quiz”, Molly Secours does just that. Molly tells us that “recognizing privilege takes effort, courage, a willingness to be uncomfortable, and a determination to see with different eyes.” Through her gentle and compassionate style, Molly persuades and challenges us to examine our “whiteness” in ways that we may have not considered before. We have the potential to be better humans for reading this work. I know that I will be buying multiple copies for friends and family. It is just that important to share!

I have only read a couple chapters of the book, but it has already made me notice things within both myself and society I have never looked at before. Examining your privilege is never fun or comfortable, but this books aids you in a self examination that doesn't make you feel bad for not doing it sooner. I know this book will inspire some interesting dialogue with my friends and family in the near future.

...But I didn't know it al at all. Of course, we are all anxious when faced with a pop quiz, but hey, sometimes it's exactly what we need to find out what we don't know. This book by Molly Secours has the perfect look-in-the-mirror questions for each of us to ponder. And ponder you will. "Privilege" is a tough word to digest, but it is what we White people are born with and own it we must. Start here with this book. Not too long. Not too heavy in narrative. She talks to us like we're in the same room. I promise you won't be sorry and you just might find yourself in a new skin.

I was initially wary of the term 'white privilege' but have come to accept and understand it. This book is an excellent guide to help with that broadening of thought. It combines a personal journey of enlightenment with a little bit of informal education.

Molly has done a wonderful job in writing and putting this book out there when we all need it the most! It is very thought provoking and certainly asks me lots of questions I have never been asked and have never really thought about. It is making me question a lot of things I thought I knew. I am sharing a copy of this book with friends who have asked me some of the same questions that Molly asks us to look at in ourselves. A must read for all of us! Great job Molly!