Privilege In America

One of the privilege I can somehow relate to is that female benefit is having the capacity to choose not to have a kid. I disagree with that one hundred percent because I don’t think women really have the right of choosing if they want to have a child or not if they’re married, due to the fact that the husband should have a say on whether he wants the child or not. I don’t think the women should make the decision without her partner. Unless if she has been raped or some other traumatic event then I can say she make her decision on having the child or not. Another female privilege is that the women don’t really have to take their career seriously they can depend on marrying someone that can make more money than them. I disagree with that due

Firstly, white privilege entails wide media representation, where people of colour are consistently underrepresented. Many people don’t see this as an issue at all, but it is necessary

As a result of this individualistic ideology and confirmed by media, whites enjoy the comfort of not dealing with the “social burden of race.” Until whites can face the reality and openly discuss the imbalance between opportunities that whites and black have in American society, the injustice of segregated privileges will continue without any prevail.

Many white Americans are living with the fear that they didn't really deserve their success, and that maybe luck and privilege had more to do with it, than brains and hard work. There are numerous reasons for the widespread discrimination at all levels, but the main reason for the existence of discrimination is a privilege to certain groups of people, and widespread social prejudice towards certain groups of people. Differences between people have always existed, but they gain in importance only when are different importance given to certain differences, so it creates privileges. People who are privileged in one society are often not aware of their privilege. It is very easy to be oblivious to the privilege. The problem of discrimination

The social construction of race allows “whiteness” to be regarded as the default race or the normal race. This normalization is apparent when white people ask people of color the quintessential question of “where are you from”. An attitude of alienation and “otherness” is placed on minority groups because, quite frankly, being American means being white. Throughout Peggy McIntosh’s essay, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”, she discusses the unscathed and unacknowledged effects of white privilege that are rampant in America’s society today. A hierarchical structure revolving around meritocracy is practically entrenched into our society, and those who are at the apex of this structure are able to do a myriad of things at the

I as a minority will forever see them the same because we have been trying for so long to get what is concerned white privilege. We want for once have white people want what we have, as much as what we want that they have. However, white privilege individuals may disagree on what I am saying, due to the fact that white individuals believe we get extra scholarships offers and government help offers. This in result creates a conflict that white individuals will never comprehend. What white people do not know is that white individuals in fact get more of these offers given to them than what a minority individual receives. This was a discussion in the course that for a second made me happy that minorities were at least being offer something

In the year of 2015 A.D., white people always wanted to come up with ways how can they further their benefits of their white privileges in America. They wanted more benefits to fulfill their greed, so of course they continued on seeing how can they make it worse for people of color— especially for the black people. So, one day they made a banking system and use a card to get any job, sort of education without trying, not to be stereotyped, never have to worry about becoming the next hash tag, being attacked and killed by the law enforcement, never having to enforce your children about the terrible, cruel realities of systematic racism. The list goes on, how white privileges exists.

As an individual with an eclectic variety of European descent, I have experienced white privilege. White privilege, prevalent in Western countries like the United States, is a societal structure that puts those who are non-white at a political and sometimes economic disadvantage. Many who do not face these negative experiences are not made aware of the effects white privilege has on their life, unfortunately. Having grown up in Los Angeles, I naively thought I was well versed in racial injustice. It wasn't until I met my partner, and made a deep connection with an individual whose life is negatively affected by the same privilege that benefits me that I began to understand. By sharing their experiences as a non-white citizen of this country,

“To be white in America means not having to think about it,” declares James Baldwin. What Baldwin means by this is that white people do not have to think about how their race affects their lives on a daily basis. To take this to a further level, in American society to have privilege in any identity group is to not have to think about how being part of that group shapes your life daily and to think of what it would be like to be part of a different identity group. In fact, for most people thinking of how being part of a privileged group makes their lives easier makes people uncomfortable or annoyed for having to think about their privilege, all of this which A.G. Johnson calls “the luxury of obliviousness” (Johnson, A.G. (2006). Privilege, Oppression, and Difference. p. 12-40). Johnson paraphrases Peggy

Reacted with amazement how the two participants in the experiment with the same background such as education, career choice as leadership counsel, attended the same college, came from middle-class family, played on the same softball team were treated differently in the society based on their race. Surprised how race plays a major role every day in our lives. Somehow I believe it was because of our class status but never took in consideration race.

America’s society has been built on racial beliefs. As much as we believe that America is a country of acceptance, freedom, and equality, people of color have been thought of and treated as inferior races. As research continued, scientists believed that other white races like the Europeans, Germans, and Irish, were white people in transition and would eventually meet their high standards. They believed that they could assimilate into American society and become white Americans; however, Asians, blacks, or any other minority was immediately disregarded as ever becoming American. Being white was a ticket to citizenship. In 1790, congress passed an act called the Naturalization Law, which stated that only free white immigrants could become naturalized citizens. Later on in 1870, the law expanded

Since the beginning of America, there has always been much racial discrimination between the whites and many other races such as the Native Americans to Chinese immigrants to African Americans. In the mid-1900’s, civil rights acts were being passed which prohibited the discrimination and separation of blacks from whites, as well as the other minority groups. Yet, today racial discrimination is still going on through the world in the form of white privilege. White privilege is essentially a term used describe how whites have a better chance to do something or go somewhere than blacks did. Although many people, especially the poorer ones, tend to overthink this a little and think that white privilege is more based on class privilege. Something

Being an American is a privilege and a responsibility. Americans have several freedoms that many other countries do not allow their citizens. These are rights that should be thought of as privileges, and people should be thankful for these rights. To be an American means to have love and pride in our country and to support those around you.

The situation of having privilege in one dimension, but suffer from oppression in another comes from the concept of identity. In the book, the authors believe the issue of identity “... is a set of complex and contradictory and conflicting [factors]” (p.102). This combination of factors puts people into a situation where their different identities allow for both positive and negative effects of privilege to be experienced. If someone identified as a white male, then he would experience the benefits of being in the majority in a white male-dominated society. However, if he also identified as homosexual, then he would suffer the negative effects of being in the minority in a heterosexual dominated society. Another example of a combination of

My memory of almost drowning as a young child destroyed my perfect perspective of the world. I couldn’t fully understand why everyone came to save me when I almost drowned but when I saw an African American student who was constantly bullied in my predominantly white Texas school, no one came to save her. She was drowning too but in racism, not water. I couldn’t understand why some people were born drowning and why some weren’t. I thought that was how the world naturally worked. I couldn’t see any fault when I decided to keep quiet. I didn’t have “white privilege” and I wasn’t the one drowning others. When I moved to California, where I was exposed to a variety of different ethnicities and beliefs, I realized that even though I didn’t have “white privilege,” I was still more privileged than others and by admitting it, I was acknowledging that racism is real and wrong.