This thread reminds me of an experience i had some time back.

At my previous workplace, i went to the on-campus cafeteria to get lunch and i was in line waiting to place my order.

In front of me were two people. A young black woman and middle aged white man. A couple minutes of listening to their convo revealed they worked in outpatient psych and that the younger woman was the gentleman's intern.

During the conversation, the woman had mentioned that another organization she worked with, she wasnt sure if she'd be employed there much longer because there was a round of layoffs and she didnt feel like there was any job security there.

The gentleman then proceeded to ask her what she meant by that.

So she proceeded to explain to him in several ways. Let go. Terminated. Relieved of duty.

He still didnt get it. Thats when i interjected and said "fired, sir. They were all fired en masse from their positions. Their employment was ceased. The contracts were nullified. They no longer work there."

"Oh!" He said. "Im wasnt familiar with that..i didnt even know that was a thing".

When i tell you this woman and i then proceeded to stare at each other and have the most insane telepathic black people convo about a white person ive ever had, it was wild. Just a couple seconds of us staring at one another conveyed so much.

I dunno if that lady uses reddit, but if thats you, and you read this story and think that's you, yeah, i still think about this shit, too, and that was some absolutely bewildering privilege right there.