The tragic death of Trayvon Martin is an extreme example of the danger of stereotyping and profiling and how it damages our increasingly diverse society. It also highlights the white privilege many of us have who will never be mistaken for a criminal regardless of our appearance or actions.

Please click here to read the full essay I published on on The Huffington Post on this topic.

– By Paul Schmitz, Public Allies CEO, author of “Everyone Leads” & member of the White House Council for Community Solutions