Omg....these articles R killing me! Ok, so again....from what I got by reading this article was that this person was trying to make the readers aware of the fact that there is still an abundance of racism in this world.....ALTHOUGH racism is said to be non existent in certain things like the way a white person can dress in second-hand clothes and not have the same stereotypes that if black person dresses in the same clothes......cus he will be discriminated! Another example (and I quote directly from that article) "I can remain oblivious of the language and customs of persons of color, who constitute the worlds' majority, without feeling in my culture any penalty for such oblivion." It's as if there is a underground knowledge of what things how things really R, like the fact that racism is still in full force, even though everyone walks around in their daily lives not realizing that it's right in front of their faces each and everyday!
This was a good article. it describes something like what i said in the other post. somebody has taken the time to see the other side. racism is very much alive but it has become a taboo subject that if its brought up it's dismissed as minorities blaming white people. However at this rate, white will be the minority and they wont like it once they realize how other minorities have been treated over the years.
There were some good points in the article about the privledges of being a racial majority and not being aware of it. I probably am guilty of taking for granted the fact that I am a white male in this country. I have never really seen any “great” advantages, its not like there is a secret handshake and everything is given to you. But I do suppose that there are things that I take for granted that I should not, or should at least recognize that not everyone lives the same life as me. Maybe I should feel a little bit guilty, but truth be told, I did not choose what color I would be when I was born. I did not get in line or win a lottery to have white American parents. I was born into this without any choice in the matter. With that said, I do not really think that I should have to apologize for being white and any advantage that it may or may not entail. I do feel that we have a ways to go for there to be real social equality and that we as a whole should be striving for it. I do not think that we should be building up walls with saying that when the whites become a minority they will feel what it is like. If all we are trying to do is to turn the table on others because of old animosities then nothing ever changes and we end up back where we began at.
Great article. The article make some good points, being a racial majority does have its privileges. I have experience this in bars, restaurants, even at the bank. In several occasions I have walked in to a bar with my Hispanic friend Adam, (Mexican) his skin tone is that of a white man, we both walk up to the bar at the same time and we sit next to each other, what gets me is the fact that 10 times out of 10 regardless of what ethnic back ground the bartender is they always go directly to my light skinned Mexican friend and take his order first, I strongly believe that if Adam did not order drinks for both of us, that the barkeep would serve him first before taking my order and serving me. So yes the color of your skin does grant you better privileges in our society and the lighter the skin color the better the person is treated. Last year at the company to work for there was an opportunity for two foreman positions; yes you guessed right they over looked my two plus years of seniority with this company and gave the jobs to two 25 and 28 year old white guys who had less than 6 months with the company and with way less experience in this field of work compared to my 30 plus years of experience in the field. And just today at work I was turned down for yet another foreman position that should have been mine. I have 30 plus years’ experience for this position and more seniority with this company then the 23 year old white guy that got the promotion. So the question, do white people have white privileges that trump other ethnic groups? Your dam right they do!
Yes, white will become the minorities and will not be as privilege unless they start coming up with how much white the are like Navajos with there CIB-certificate of Indian Blood. Article made some good points, being privileged has it's advantages i guess. It's good to know this white female sat and realized that minorities out there are not as privileged as she is. But maybe we all as minorities also need to sit back and do our "list" because we tend to be racist towards our own, well now in this day not back in the 50's,60's,70's or 80's.
This article was very interesting. I think that its not necessarily focused on racism but bias and privilege. This discrimination happens all time and to a sense its based mostly on stereotype. I can relate this article to a video that we watched in class about the kids being taught that the lighter your skin color, the better you are. Its a touchy and sad thing to talk about but it happens, people sometimes treat white people differently than black. Minorities are becoming more common today but the privilege of being white in certain situations like crossing into california or mexico is not as big of deal as a minority crossing regardless of being legal or not.
I like that this article focused mainly on the bias we create, and not just how human beings are racist or not racist. I myself I know I am definitely guilty of not appreciating how easily I can switch my ethnicity given the color of my skin and last name. I am perceived one way if they look at just my last name. I am perceived another way if they look at me and don't know my name.
The concept of privilege is something that is not fully recognized nor accepted by people who have privilege. Ironic? Yes. That list that she made covered some of the main points. To be a person of color living in this society is a whole different reality, almost like the matrix. The people who are living "normal" lives cannot see this reality. Always having to answer someone's question about where you're really from or appropriating the same culture that your relatives were once disenfranchised for. I think this article also bring up another important issue when it comes race, that it is not the job of the oppressed to educate or inform the oppressors about the right actions or the value of their culture. At some point, I believe every human being comes into contact with people/culture/concepts different from their own, especially in this day and age, so she went ahead and constructed this list, and acknowledged the privilege.
Evan Redburrow said.... Priviledges, and being a light skin diffently has its advantages Everyday in my life. I see all twenty six topics Peggy writes about and i can strongly agree with her ideas, insight, intution on what she believes. I focus on one part of letter "All of the oppersions are interlocking" which means its a personal part of her life style which she shares. Not matter what i do, individual acts cannot end due to dominance.
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Omg....these articles R killing me! Ok, so again....from what I got by reading this article was that this person was trying to make the readers aware of the fact that there is still an abundance of racism in this world.....ALTHOUGH racism is said to be non existent in certain things like the way a white person can dress in second-hand clothes and not have the same stereotypes that if black person dresses in the same clothes......cus he will be discriminated! Another example (and I quote directly from that article) "I can remain oblivious of the language and customs of persons of color, who constitute the worlds' majority, without feeling in my culture any penalty for such oblivion." It's as if there is a underground knowledge of what things how things really R, like the fact that racism is still in full force, even though everyone walks around in their daily lives not realizing that it's right in front of their faces each and everyday!
This was a good article. it describes something like what i said in the other post. somebody has taken the time to see the other side. racism is very much alive but it has become a taboo subject that if its brought up it's dismissed as minorities blaming white people. However at this rate, white will be the minority and they wont like it once they realize how other minorities have been treated over the years.
There were some good points in the article about the privledges of being a racial majority and not being aware of it. I probably am guilty of taking for granted the fact that I am a white male in this country. I have never really seen any “great” advantages, its not like there is a secret handshake and everything is given to you. But I do suppose that there are things that I take for granted that I should not, or should at least recognize that not everyone lives the same life as me. Maybe I should feel a little bit guilty, but truth be told, I did not choose what color I would be when I was born. I did not get in line or win a lottery to have white American parents. I was born into this without any choice in the matter. With that said, I do not really think that I should have to apologize for being white and any advantage that it may or may not entail. I do feel that we have a ways to go for there to be real social equality and that we as a whole should be striving for it. I do not think that we should be building up walls with saying that when the whites become a minority they will feel what it is like. If all we are trying to do is to turn the table on others because of old animosities then nothing ever changes and we end up back where we began at.
Great article. The article make some good points, being a racial majority does have its privileges. I have experience this in bars, restaurants, even at the bank. In several occasions I have walked in to a bar with my Hispanic friend Adam, (Mexican) his skin tone is that of a white man, we both walk up to the bar at the same time and we sit next to each other, what gets me is the fact that 10 times out of 10 regardless of what ethnic back ground the bartender is they always go directly to my light skinned Mexican friend and take his order first, I strongly believe that if Adam did not order drinks for both of us, that the barkeep would serve him first before taking my order and serving me. So yes the color of your skin does grant you better privileges in our society and the lighter the skin color the better the person is treated.
Last year at the company to work for there was an opportunity for two foreman positions; yes you guessed right they over looked my two plus years of seniority with this company and gave the jobs to two 25 and 28 year old white guys who had less than 6 months with the company and with way less experience in this field of work compared to my 30 plus years of experience in the field.
And just today at work I was turned down for yet another foreman position that should have been mine. I have 30 plus years’ experience for this position and more seniority with this company then the 23 year old white guy that got the promotion. So the question, do white people have white privileges that trump other ethnic groups? Your dam right they do!
Yes, white will become the minorities and will not be as privilege unless they start coming up with how much white the are like Navajos with there CIB-certificate of Indian Blood. Article made some good points, being privileged has it's advantages i guess. It's good to know this white female sat and realized that minorities out there are not as privileged as she is. But maybe we all as minorities also need to sit back and do our "list" because we tend to be racist towards our own, well now in this day not back in the 50's,60's,70's or 80's.
Jeremy Taliman
This article was very interesting. I think that its not necessarily focused on racism but bias and privilege. This discrimination happens all time and to a sense its based mostly on stereotype. I can relate this article to a video that we watched in class about the kids being taught that the lighter your skin color, the better you are. Its a touchy and sad thing to talk about but it happens, people sometimes treat white people differently than black. Minorities are becoming more common today but the privilege of being white in certain situations like crossing into california or mexico is not as big of deal as a minority crossing regardless of being legal or not.
I like that this article focused mainly on the bias we create, and not just how human beings are racist or not racist. I myself I know I am definitely guilty of not appreciating how easily I can switch my ethnicity given the color of my skin and last name. I am perceived one way if they look at just my last name. I am perceived another way if they look at me and don't know my name.
The concept of privilege is something that is not fully recognized nor accepted by people who have privilege. Ironic? Yes. That list that she made covered some of the main points. To be a person of color living in this society is a whole different reality, almost like the matrix. The people who are living "normal" lives cannot see this reality. Always having to answer someone's question about where you're really from or appropriating the same culture that your relatives were once disenfranchised for. I think this article also bring up another important issue when it comes race, that it is not the job of the oppressed to educate or inform the oppressors about the right actions or the value of their culture. At some point, I believe every human being comes into contact with people/culture/concepts different from their own, especially in this day and age, so she went ahead and constructed this list, and acknowledged the privilege.
Evan Redburrow said....
Priviledges, and being a light skin diffently has its advantages Everyday in my life. I see all twenty six topics Peggy writes about and i can strongly agree with her ideas, insight, intution on what she believes. I focus on one part of letter "All of the oppersions are interlocking" which means its a personal part of her life style which she shares. Not matter what i do, individual acts cannot end due to dominance.
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