Suggestions On How To Compliment Black Articulation/Eloquence While Minimizing White Privilege

I’m wrong, okay? I get it. A middle-aged White guy posting instructions on how to avoid White privilege is like putting on Lady Gaga’s meat dress and walking into a lion’s den; it’s not going to end well.

First, some background. This is in response to an unarguable point made by Marley K. in her response to a question I had regarding her article “Please Stop Judging Black Men By How Articulate They Speak in White Spaces”. Her article is written to educate people like me (well-meaning Whites) concerning “soft bigotry”. Long story short, she’s right:

When White people use the term “articulate” to describe Black folks, it means we’re smart, nice, and non-threatening — because god forbid a White person is threatened and made to be afraid by Blackness. Articulate says [presidential candidate Cory] Booker can speak the words they want to hear and has just the right amount of Whiteness to assure them he’s a good guy. His light-skin makes him more palatable, so light-skin and articulate go hand-in-hand, as White folks have long thought darker-skinned Black and Brown folks are ignorant, especially if they have chosen to not speak their preferred King’s English.

Being of the opinion that one shouldn’t complain without at least suggesting a…