This week we were assigned to read to different articles. The first article was written by Peggy McIntosh titled, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”. Throughout the article, Peggy showed the readers what it means to have white privilege. She showed the readers 50 different types of “advantages” that whites get over other races, such as African Americans. This is the biggest theme throughout her entire piece.
The central them of White Privilege Knapsack is about how certain people have better advantages simply because of what they were born into. Whether it is being a specific race that is believed to be superior over others or being males versus a female. What was the article about?: Growing up children learn from an early age of what is acceptable and what is expected of them.
White Like Me was written by Tim Wise to inform the world, specifically white people, there is such thing as “whiteness” and urge people to be attentive about their own prejudice. Wise wanted to make white people cognizant of racial privilege and modify the national arguments about race and racism in pursuit of aligning American values with today’s truths. The concept of white privilege is unjust and damaging to our society. White privilege influence individual attitudes and political policies without full regards of other races. Not only as American but mainly as human beings we should seek justice and equality for all individuals regardless of race.
Are white people superior to black people? Despite arguing against white privilege, if you read “White Economic Privilege is Alive and Well” by Paul F. Compos you may get the sense that he believes it. While reading “White Economic Privilege is Alive and Well” by Paul F Compos I have concluded that white privilege is not thriving as much as he assumes it is. In my opinion, I believe, that if you’re poor, you’re poor you can accept it and keep living like that or you can choose to fix the dilemma.
During the documentary I felt largely uncomfortable. Primarily because it is the first time I have really questioned being white. I know my race, I have filled out multiple questionnaires but I have never sat down and thought what it meant to be white. White privilege does exist, and it is not uncommon.
An example of white privilege is learning about the history of their race in elementary school while people of color must wait to learn about their history in college. F) Sexism: is prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, based on sex. An example of sexism is double standards where a woman is considered a slut when she embraces her sexuality and a man is a stud when he embraces his sexuality. G) Patriarchy: a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line. An example of patriarchy is the Roman Catholic Church and how it is set up where the men are at the top of the system serving as popes and priests while the women are at the bottom serving as nuns.
Time Wise has started the conversation about race inequality and white privilege with his lecture “Baltimore and Beyond: Race Racism and White Privilege.” It is always a hard conversation to have since most people try to be political correct and do not want to offend anyone. Wise had made some good points that I believe anyone could understand and he also made some points that some people would be against. The first point he made that I found had a huge impact was the fact that Americans memorialize other countries’ hardships rather than our own. Wise used the example of a Holocaust Memorial that he saw.
I sometimes get irritated when people don’t agree on the same ideas that I have or when the other person says something that I don’t agree with. The objective of this chapter made me comprehend that based on an individual’s experiences and viewpoints impacts the person’s behavior. Some experience may deal with the oppressions and privileges a person has, the article “Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person…” made me realize that I am more privilege than what I thought. The author didn’t think she was privilege until she read a book she got recommended and from her article she summarizes
How does the discourse of whiteness impact upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ educational outcomes? Due to the white hegemony in modern society even as it continues to change, one thing that remains constant is the representation of ‘normal’ is being white. It is this hidden discourse of whiteness in society which remains invisible, yet, represents unearned power through sustained dominance and unware beneficiary of privilege. The universalisation and normalisation of whiteness as the representation of humanity is enshrined and conveyed in our curricula, television, films, museums, songs, novels, visual arts and other material culture (Moreton-Robinson, 2004). This blindness to whiteness subjects our Aboriginal and Torres Strait
White Privilege: Essay 1 White privilege is a systemic issue that has roots in our history as far back as the creators of our country. Searching back, we see our norms and values created into habits that have been woven into how we view and act around specific groups such as African Americans. This essay is going to explain how the average Caucasian individual experiences white privilege on a day to day basis and the solutions to insure that white privilege will stop and true equality can be handed out. This paper views the latter issues through symbolic interactionism, with supporting sub theories such as; labeling theory, looking glass self, and selective perception.
As part of my ongoing quest to understand the intersectional and multi-faceted world we live in, I was drawn to the McIntosh reading “White Privilege:Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” and its powerful commentary on racial biases affecting women in our modern world. I loved the way she spoke about the many simple things that she as a white person doesn’t need to worry about as a default, which non-white people wouldn’t,like the assumption that her tax audits would be executed fairly and without ludicrous scrutiny. This reading inspired me to venture out into my home town and look for an event that spoke to the same issues. I found myself in a small art gallery which was featuring various pieces by indigenous women. The exhibit had a particular focus on the
Over the past decade the term white privilege has emerged in our American history. White privilege is the concept that one particular group is benefited which is typically identified as white people. Most of the victims experiencing harsh conditions are non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances of mistreatment. A conversation took place with a few people about white privilege whose race is identified as white. An interviewer started that “the belief that being white comes with unearned advantages and everyday perks”.
American society has stigma, prejudice and irrational. Racial prejudices based on the spirit values of a people. A land of immigrants with many different traditions from around the world, American have also created themselves such as a melting pot culture, which is the main thing causes racist criminal in USA. Racist discrimination will occur cultural, civilized and legal differences are made to minorities, whether black, Latino, oriental or
New York, New York - Who ever said; "When Opportunity knocks, open the door?" Whomever uttered that statement should be shot and gagged. That's the problem we face in this egotistical society! Opportunity is a fundamental gift that reserves itself for those who take and embrace a situation by exherating effort to make it happen. Charlamagne Tha God, the co-host of Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club explains in his new book Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It, how embracing one's truths is the fundamental key to success and happiness.
At the heart of whiteness studies is the invisibility of whiteness and white privilege (Ahmed, 2004). Whiteness is thought of as the hidden criterion to which every other race is measured against. Through the lens of whiteness, the “other” is seen as deviant (Ahmed, 2004). The invisibility of whiteness, however, is only from the perspective of those who are white (Matthews, 2012). To people who are not white, it is pervasive and blatant.
