What Privilege Means To Me

I began thinking of privilege in terms of wealth and economic status before I began this course. After listening to the discussion in class and reading the articles about privilege it has blurred what the definition now means to me. Tim Wise brought out many points in the video as well that have changed my perspective.
Dictionary.com defines the word privilege in regards to economic wealth. You can see the full definition here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/privilege I don't know that I can provide a good definition of privilege but I do believe it exists. It exists not only economically but with gender and race privileges as well. I agree with Tim Wise that there is a denial of privilege to an extent and maybe the rest is just not being educated on this issue. I don't know that I have been in denial of my privileges my whole life or I've just not seen things as they truly are because I haven't been forced to experience them for myself.
When I first read the article about white privilege I instantly thought of the Saturday Night Live skit with Eddie Murphy where he disguises himself as a white man and walks throughout the city. If you haven't seen it I've linked it here. http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/white-like-me/2427/
Obviously this is extreme but its a funny example of a kind of heavy subject matter.
I have had the privilege of being able to go into any public area and people will not feel threatened by me. I have never experienced racial profiling and to me that is a privilege. Looking through a high school history text book most of the "heroes" in it are white, maybe this is a privilege.
I'm still trying to decide for myself what all of this means. Privilege can mean so many different things to so many different people. I think I've taken the first step in trying to become more aware of some of the privileges I may have in my day to day life and acknowledging that they may exist.