‘White Privilege’ Essay Contest Stirs Up a Connecticut Town

The New York Times reports:

A diversity committee in Westport, Conn., a wealthy coastal town that was 93 percent white as of 2010, asked high school students earlier this year to reflect on the role of “white privilege” in their lives.

The students were largely fine with the question, which was posed in an annual essay contest.

As it turns out, adults had much more to say.

Some residents in the town of 26,000, which has a median household income north of $150,000 and voted by a margin of 2 to 1 for Hillary Clinton over Donald J. Trump, chafed at the idea that race was a factor in their success. And after the story attracted media attention recently, many outsiders weighed in by calling local officials and storming the township’s Facebook pages.

The essay contest, which has run for four years and typically attracts 10 to 30 entries, offers prizes of $1,000, $750 and $500 to the top three winners. It’s run by a volunteer committee that is not associated with the school district, and the prizes are funded by private donations.

Westport, Conn.: a white town that hates itself! The great moment of blue America!