# Jane Elliott, Educator, asks white people if they would like to be treated like a black person? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 1, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-elliott-educator-asks-white-people-if-they-would-like-to-be-treated-like-a-black-person/913927 "2020-07-01T11:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 413
**Author:** ![urbanredneck2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5f8ce5/32.png) [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-elliott-educator-asks-white-people-if-they-would-like-to-be-treated-like-a-black-person/913927/413 "2020-07-16T22:49:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > > [@urbanredneck2](#): > > > > That’s all I can think of for now. What would you ask her? > > “How do you feel about people “gish galloping” instead of directly addressing the issues you raise?” Ok, have it your way. If she looked at me directly and asked me “would you change places with a random black person?” I’d probably say “no” then she would go on telling me I’m a racist because I know all the bad things that happen to black people and that I have “white privilege”. I would answer back (of course she doesnt allow people to answer back) No, I’m NOT a racist and that I have worked hard for where I am at and since 15% of the US population lives in poverty, no. Oh maybe if I felt up to it I might say “yes if I could be Tiger Woods or the millions of other successful black people out there” if I felt trapped by the question. However my questions come from watching her over the past 30 since I first saw “A Class Divided” which they showed us in college in my Sociology course. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-elliott-educator-asks-white-people-if-they-would-like-to-be-treated-like-a-black-person/913927)._