Runners-Up Applaud TEAM Westport Essay Winner

The runners-up in the TEAM Westport teen diversity essay contest tonight applaud first place winner Chet Ellis. Pictured are Josiah Tarrant (l), 16, whose $750 second place essay is titled “White Privilege and Me,” and Claire Dinshaw, who won $500 for her third place essay “The Privilege of Ignorance” in which she said “white privilege is like a trust fund.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo