I Learned About White Privilege at the Public Swimming Pool

Did that attempt to change things make a difference?

Collage from iStock and 123RF images by Ellen Shapiro

It was 1967, in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Inglewood High School, I landed a coveted summer job, working at the pool complex in Centinela Park, a 55-acre public park in Inglewood near the edge of South-Central L.A.