American Culture And Hispanic Culture

Culture is the overall moral belief, customs, language, and attitudes a person is brought and raised into. Daily, we are exposed to diverse and different cultures everyday which allow us to learn the different values and traditions each culture possess. The importance of observing and learning different customs is beneficial because it can help us better adapt and prevent misunderstandings when we communicate and interact with others. Hispanics and Americans are two huge cultures that have been sharing the same living space for years but are an example of two different civilizations. While both, Hispanics and Americans, share many similarities they both differ in recognition of religion, language,

-Some other examples of experiencing privilege is religion. I feel that Christians and Catholics have the privilege since the US is predominantly Christian and due to that muslims and jews get looked down upon because of politics and

Furthermore, people are privileged in ways that go beyond race into different privileged categories such as gender and sexual orientation. People who identify as White, heterosexual men attain more privilege than someone who identifies as a Latina, homosexual

In this sense, I noticed how privileged I am because of my sexuality, socioeconomic status, and country of origin. I was raised in a European country where I had the same ethnicity as the majority. Coming from an upper-middle class family, I never suffered from poverty or the stigma associated with it. This means that I grew up in a nice house and in a nice neighborhood where my neighbors were also middle-class families. I could walk alone around my neighborhood without the concern that I could be assaulted or robbed. This means that I was part of a privileged group, but without being aware of it since, as a kid, my parents could afford healthy food, medical bills (such as dentists, dental brackets, or new glasses) but, also toys and clothes. Furthermore, I was able to participate in extracurricular activities or go to college without worrying about the financial cost. Moreover, I have not struggled with stereotypes or stigmas that come with lower socioeconomic statuses such as thinking that they are less educated. Thus, I was never questioned for being intelligent, honest, or hard-working. Overall, I never faced discrimination or racism and that makes me unaware of how it truly feels like. For that reason, I need to acknowledge my identity

What is privilege? What does it mean? Is privilege inherited or is it earned? As an American resident of color I’ve learned that privilege in this country is something that is innate and inherited. The privilege that I speak of is that of White privilege.

“Privilege.” What really is a privilege? Do you even consider yourself privileged? Well, the word “privilege” means “a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people” and whether or not you consider yourself privileged really depends on how you define the word and whether you take it for granted or not.

What is privilege? Does privilege contribute to inequality in today’s society? If a person driving a two years old Mercedes SUV and another driving an older Kia minivan go to a car dealership, with the intent to purchase a new vehicle, who would receive the best customer service? Most people may say the person driving the Mercedes would appear to have money, probably has good credit, and will most likely not have issues buying the vehicle of their choice. Having wealth has its privileges: education opportunities, superb health care, and the ability to purchase/accumulate assets to help contribute to one’s overall wealth/worth.

In high school, I thought of myself as being more privileged than most of my classmates. Most of the students that I attended class with came from a relatively low socioeconomic background. Diversity was present at our high school but privilege was scant. In the activity that we participated in during class, I was surprised to find out that many students were not very close to the front of the group

We are always trying to figure out where we are in this world, or how we got where we are today. Obviously you have no choice of parents or where your born and these are two major contributing factors of who am I today. Being born white and a male society has immediately granted social advantages or white privileges. But, how privileged was I really? Being born in a highly populated city to first generations Americans without high school diplomas. I did have some advantages and I realized them growing up around my non-white friends. But compared to other white people I didn’t see my self privileged in many ways.

What is privilege? Privilege is the advantages that you are given. Privilege is often taken for granted by the people who have it because they didn’t necessarily ask for it. Privilege is given to you depending on where you live, what you look like, how much money you have, what gender you are, or even your last name. Your race and ethnicity have a lot to do with how you are treated in society.

I know that as a young, white, and educated woman, that I am privileged. I have rights and power that I am unaware of. Privilege is not earned, it is given based off of race, status, gender, and many other constructs that one can not control.

I think that if you are privileged that is an advantage of something that you may have that is beneficial, and it may be something that other people do not have. By definition, the word ‘Privileged” is described as, “having special rights or advantages that most people do not have” (Privileged). Someone can be described as a privileged when you know information about other places. You are disadvantaged when there is something that you do not have, that might have helped you. By definition, the word, “Disadvantage” is described as, “lacking the things (such as money and education) that are considered necessary for an equal position in society” (Disadvantage). When I was a child in elementary school, there was not the technology that they have now. As a child, this meant I spent more time outdoors playing, instead of children now who just play on their tablets. As a student, we did not have smart boards in the classroom until I was in middle school. Also in school, I never remember having classes based outdoors, I usually had class indoors and we did many worksheets to help us learn the material. I felt privileged as a student when I had transportation to/from school every day. As a child, I felt privileged when I was able to participate in many different extra-activities. The four different sites I chose was Goddard School, Head Start, Childtime, and Kid’s Country. At the Goddard school, in the

Privileges that I earn have to be the respect of my family. I earn the respect through showing them that I was capable of doing anything I set my mind too. I mainly did it through education. I was the first in my family to graduate from High School even though I have two older sibilings that fell into statistics of drop-out. First to go to University and graduate. While doing all these academical achivements I started to see my parents to view me differently in the aspect of that I had the will power to make myself into something; therefore, they gave me respect and trusted me something that my other

the privilege not to be oppressed You have the privilege not to be dealt with seriously in light of being a lady or a man, dark or white, having an incapacity or for whatever other reason.

The word privilege has become a hot button on social media platforms in recent years. It is my personal opinion that when people are offended by having the word privilege put upon them it is actually a result of their own privilege. As a white female who grew up in a predominantly white city it was once my privilege to be ignorant about racism. It wasn’t that I didn’t identify color it was that I did not have to acknowledge that racism even existed. I did not understand what a minority group was.