On Being Ready to Use Privilege as a Weapon for Change

ready (adjective): in a suitable state for an activity, action, or situation; fully prepared

Hi, I’m Fairleigh. I’m a comfortably positioned white middle-aged woman from the suburbs of New Orleans living in Baton Rouge. In the early 90s, I walked into the grand St. Charles Avenue all-girls Catholic school to join a strong sisterhood made of generations o…