Politics of Location
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. When I was younger I went to an elementary school in a very urban area. Most of my classmates
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They would come by stop the game and start asking questions. The first time this hap penned I was terrified. I never had any involvement with the police before. But, it was never me they talked to. I was never approached by police here and neither were any of my other white friends. I brought this up to my non-white friends in class and it didn’t surprise them, they just laughed about it. It seemed like they were so use to it, it never phased them. This was the first time I truly identified myself as being different just because of my skin color. I always thought that me and my friends were equal I never really though I was better than them, I was so confused why society did. When I got to high school I was one of 1300 freshmen. My school was massive and I met a lot of different people. I was always a good student so I was placed in harder classes where I saw fewer and fewer non-white kids. Naturally I made friends in these classes and visiting their homes was a completely different experience. These friends lived in the suburbs or on farms in Acushnet. They lived in massive homes with underground pools and large yards. It was such a change from how I grew up. They often had only one parent who would work and when I visited their mom was usually home and had made us food. This was never the case in middle school. I was always offered a ride home and never had to walk. This was white privilege I thought, the American dream. It seemed
Are you privileged , are you only successful because of the color of your skin , was everything in your life handed to you ?
White privilege is defined, according to Emba, as the “the social advantage that comes from being seen as the norm in the United States, automatically conferred irrespective of wealth, gender or other factors.” Because it is an inherited membership, most of the people in this group do not understand the
After thousands of years fighting, killing and arguing with one another, we as a human race still cannot live in harmony. We live in a society where skin color determines what advantages and disadvantages you have. The issue of White privilege in our society is real. It is a topic that many people are afraid or uncomfortable talking about. I consider myself privileged, in my education, my good neighborhood, and my light skin. I recognize the privilege I have. White privilege refers to the immunities granted as a particular benefit or favor for being of a certain wealth, gender, or race. White privilege affects minority populations and society in many ways. White privilege can come in many forms, such as never having to speak up for all the people of your race, having a positive relationship with the police, escaping violent stereotypes, and seeing people of your race widely represented in the media. These are sources that offer concrete evidence on how white privilege affects our society.
Congratulations for those of you who have won the fictitious genetic lottery imposed by society, the government, and first world countries for being born white. The prize: the white privileges granted to us every single day; set by the racist, the profiteers, and the selfish individuals allowed to prevail for centuries through the silence of our own fears and thinking that this was and is not our problem. The topic of white privilege has unsettled many. Have you ever stopped to think what privileges you may take for granted everyday for having a certain shade of skin? To have a generally “positive relationship with the police,” the ‘nude color’ matching your own skin tone, the hotel shampoo matching your hair type and texture, seeing people of your own race celebrated in monuments, textbooks, currency, not being followed by security personnel in stores, and to be not perceived as a danger to the community in the media (Greenberg and Holladay). It's easy to overlook our white advantages when it's not you who is being directly confronted, violated, and unjustly prejudiced for simply having a different colored skin. If you had a different skin tone, would these everyday inconveniences to downright discrimination become more apparent?
Moreover, the Law of the Father played a significant role in Rich’s life. Rich was affected by PSTD, Post Dramatic Stress Disorder as a result of her father being in the war. She took this and used it to her benefit. She allowed this experience to structure her life and shape it in a way that would help her grow and learn, and bring others along either to experience it, or relate to her experience. Rich will never know what exactly happened to her father during war.
Growing up white, I never fell victim to racism or segregation, and sadly, I believe I was ignorant regarding these issues until I reached college. My sister and I were raised in the lower-middle-class by a single mom; But, we were fortunate to be born into a large family that has always supported each other in times of need. Being raised in the middle-class society, I never went without. My mother raised me in a nurturing way, but also believed in tough love in order to create a resilient young woman ready to tackle the world. Through my college education, I have recognized that I was born with white privileges that were given to me rather than something I earned. Coming from a large, tight-knit family, one of the most
Exemplification Outline Luck or Privilege? I. Introduction: Can someone be born lucky or unlucky? Maybe they were just born privileged. Thesis Statement: Depending on ethnicity, nationality, and gender you can very well be more privileged than others. II.Topic Sentence: People who happened to not be born white are typically less privileged, that’s some pretty bad luck.
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
In a political geography overlap, most land properties can be governed by several governmental agencies. Initially, Mid-America Christian University is an organization part of a government agency, MACU main campus located at 3500 SW 119th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73170 is an accredited business and set to professional standards. The University could be considered as a government agency that has primary domain over the land because the organization is the owner of the land. The second government agency that sovereigns is the Oklahoma City government. This form of government has a Council manager for each ward in Oklahoma City. MACU is the eighth ward of Oklahoma City. The city laws circumvents the MACU policies which could cause issues
When asked about white privilege, many whites believe that it is a myth while other deny the existence of white privilege entirely. However, white privilege is not a myth. White privilege is very prevalent in society and uniquely effects many different groups. Peggy McIntosh discusses white privilege in her article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” McIntosh states, “I have come to see while privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets which I can count on cashing in each day, but about which I was, "meant" to remain oblivious” (par. 3).
Jose Antonio Vergas and MTV did a documentary about white privilege in America. He visited Rapid City, South Dakota; Bellingham, Washington; and Phoenix, Arizona. After listening to some of the responses of the youth from those different locations, I noticed that Caucasians are uncomfortable with race relations. Most of the youth that participated in the project came from conservative households. The students mentioned how uncomfortable their parents would get if they tried to ask them a question about certain things they have heard in the media or about the things they have learned through history about white people. Their parents felt like their children were "bashing" white people or felt attacked just because they were asking questions. Various universities offer white privilege seminars. These seminars are taught by young Caucasian men that come from
However, I don’t think it is as simple as claiming privileged or unprivileged. In some ways, such as that I am white and was born into a decently well-off family, I am privileged, but in other ways, such as that I am a woman and live with disabilities, I am unprivileged. As far as what put me where I ended up, I think the fact that my parents were both successful in their careers and that I am white contributed greatly to my being farther along in the exercise. Questions such as the bullying and disability and mental health questions hit on multiple aspects of my identity and seemed to be worded effectively as far as accounting for
From the moment a person is born, they enter the world with an ascribed status. An ascribed status is an inborn status and is usually difficult or impossible to change (116). My ascribed status is that I am a white/caucasian female. Because I come from a white/caucasian family, we would be considered more “privileged” than others. However, because this system is not based on race or ethnicity, our assigned class in society had everything to do with how my parents worked and lived their lives. When I was younger, my family’s social class status was considered to be the working/lower-middle
Political geography and corporate political strategy of Murad Antia, Incheol Kim and Christos Pantzalis discusses the implication of corporate lobbying. This article studies the purpose of corporate lobbying, who uses corporate lobbying and the implication of corporate lobbying based on the constant changes in the political map (mid-term and presidential elections). Political geography and corporate political strategy also examines “the relationship between political geography and corporate political strategy as measured by lobbying expenditures”. M. Antia, I. Kim and C. Pantzalis found that firms tend to increase lobbying expenditures when a shift in the political map puts them further away from the president, in other terms, companies tend to increase lobbying intensity when they lose access to political power. They also found that the primary goal of lobbying is to build political capital to take advantage of short-term opportunities. And finally, they identified that when their ties to the center of political power diminish, increasing lobbying intensity can increase valuation. This article discusses why firms engaged in corporate lobbying and how firms engaged in corporate lobbying tend to out-perform non-lobbying firms.
As I was completing the exercise, I kept checking the privilege box over and over, nine times in a row in fact; ten total checked in the privilege column. As I continued to check the boxes, I thought to myself; “am I really this privileged?”. To other people, I am extremely privileged. I am a white woman, who is currently pursuing a college education, and my body and face matches society’s standards. So in a way, I am very lucky. On the other hand, I was raised by my mother, who was a single parent; ever since the fourth grade when my parents divorced. The years before and after the divorce, was full of my parents fighting constantly with myself in the middle every single time. As a young child, this is no easy ritual to be apart of. On this side of things, I was not lucky enough to have been raised by two parents with a successful, compassionate