The Rev. Denita Connor's letter to the editor begins: I'm uncertain even where to begin in responding to Rita Dunaway's assertion that white privilege is a myth ("The Myth Of White Privilege," Dec. 7).

鈥淭here was a sense that there was a bigger meaning living here,鈥 said Sarah Bixler, a professor at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. 鈥淭his was something that was consistent with some of our faith commitments and even our sense of direction from God 鈥 that there is important work to do here.鈥