White privilege is a confronting topic. Very few people like to be told that they are in a position that was given to them by birth rather than through decisions they have consciously made themselves. It's not human nature to admit to having an inherent advantage that arises from a bias and a marker that is beyond your control. However, it would be wrong to possess the inability to admit or confront the advantage that pakeha in New Zealand do have (myself included). The video below was taken at a camp in America but the game of life that it illustrates is true all over the world. The reality is that anyone who is born white gets a head start on those who are not. In the popular Facebook Watch series red table talk one of the quotes delivered by the host was that if you are born white then you already have your foot in the door. After watching this video, it is impossible not to reflect on what that would mean for your own personal life and the advantage that it has given you. I think about the advantage I have by analyzing the job interview scenario  If another member of my neighborhood I grew up who is non-white were interviewing for the same job I start with the in. I grew up in a low socio-economic neighborhood with a large Pacifica and Maori community. My home neighborhood experiences the full range of social issues and problems that are attached to the darkest traits of our society. Going into the interview I know that I would already have an inherent advantage that comes with me being white. Even if we were wearing the same suit and tie and sat side by side there are a number of things that are true. I could walk into that interview and no one would have any idea of the area that I grew up in and the stigma that gets attached to those who grew up there. I could even tell them that I went to a private school and they would buy every word without hesitation. But if the nonwhite member of my community walks into the room the colour of his skin brings the tags and labels associated with growing up in a low social economic neighborhood. The other candidate, therefore, has to make up that ground to even sit on a level playing field. To even get the job the non-white candidate will have to be above and beyond me to get a look. This is extremely problematic when we look at trying to improve the employment rate and job opportunities for Maori and Pacific peoples in New Zealand. I do hope that employers start to recognize the biases that we are given. Hopefully, we will see a rebalancing of the scales and the race of life becomes fairer as we progressively look to challenge racism and become actively involved in supporting the regeneration of welfare in our country. However, I will always know and should be forced to admit that I have benefited from a head start that others who I grew up had no chance of getting.