At #BeyondFerguson event, mayor admits: 'I have the white privilege'

An overflow crowd filled Wellspring Church in Ferguson, Mo., Thursday for a #BeyondFerguson forum sponsored by St. Louis Public Radio.

Audience inside Wellspring Church for #BeyondFerguson taping pic.twitter.com/lGRQYHkXov

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 29, 2014

Among the featured speakers was Ferguson mayor James Knowles, who revealed that he’s white and has the white privilege.

"I'm white and I do have the white privilege." — #Ferguson Mayor James Knowles #BeyondFerguson pic.twitter.com/rc24T7qAud

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 29, 2014

@ryanjreilly oh for Christ's sake

— Lulu Lapin (@Lulu_Lapin) August 29, 2014

@ryanjreilly I bet he sounded adorable talking about *the* white privilege.

— Allen Henry (@Allen247Now) August 29, 2014

@ryanjreilly Sound proud.

— Mark Jeremie (@CryingFre) August 29, 2014

So brave. MT @ryanjreilly "I'm white and I do have the white privilege." — #Ferguson Mayor James Knowles pic.twitter.com/dRPjKzrMqK

— BT (@back_ttys) August 29, 2014

https://twitter.com/dusteallen/status/505158928401850368

@missnisha6849 @ryanjreilly sounds like a social disease.

— Random?HandWashing? (@RandomMedley) August 29, 2014

@ryanjreilly @ArponBasu WTF does that even mean???

— Chris "Sugar" Jones (@JJonesey) August 29, 2014

@SlavojPeezek lol

— Satan's Daughter (@SarMerMamaBear) August 29, 2014

@ryanjreilly wearin' a purple tshirt, lookin' up the white privilege on the google

— lysis strata (@pultuskpa) August 29, 2014

@ryanjreilly White privilege? Have you ever used it? How can you get it? What does it smell,sound & look like? When appropriate to use?

— Thought Provoker (@efgcire) August 29, 2014

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@ryanjreilly @shells2014 I've got the white privilege, too. It's hereditary. A lot of people don't know they have it. Need to get checked.

— Interro Bang (@BangInterro) August 29, 2014

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@kiaspeaks Is he also "on the Twitter?" @ryanjreilly

— Tessara Dudley (@tessaragdudley) August 29, 2014

Then he can have #TheWhitePrivilege on the Twitter! RT @tdudleypdx: @kiaspeaks Is he also "on the Twitter?" @ryanjreilly

— call gunna if you want you a birkin (@KiaSpeaks) August 29, 2014

@ToKimWithBacon @ryanjreilly Yeah, only the mayor of #Ferguson would say that to the members of the community at The #BeyondFerguson Forum

— #Far2Real4U (@SwaggBundlez) August 29, 2014

@ryanjreilly @irin The white privilege. Like the lumbago.

— Marjorie Ingall (@MarjorieIngall) August 29, 2014

@ryanjreilly Why does this guy still have a job? I would take the privilege to fire his a** !

— I'm focuzed man (@Foecuz) August 29, 2014