'On September 11th, 20 years ago, I learned what White privilege truly meant. The tragedy that brought down the Twin Towers in Manhattan also unleashed a wave of anti-Arab hate — which had been foreign to me until then.' | DeanObeidallah for CNNOpinion
Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio's daily program"The Dean Obeidallah Show" and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @DeanObeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN.Dean Obeidallah Those lines, which I said to The New York Times in 2006, sum up my life. Pre-9/11, I was"White Dean." Post 9/11, I became"minority Dean." I'm not alone in that experience.
As I traveled across the country in 2012-2013 making the comedy documentary,"The Muslims are Coming!," I learned that if we didn't speak up, many of our fellow Americans truly thought -- insultingly -- that we agreed with the terrorists. In contrast, one of the many benefits of White privilege is never being defined by, or having to answer for, the worst in the White community.
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