Privilege, Oppression And Differences Summary

Throughout unit 1 readings, I thought that Privilege, Oppression and Differences by Alan Johnson was the article we read that was important with this unit. It explains the confrontation of oppression and the components associated with oppression. The article, argued that privilege, authority and suffix that ends with -ism is used to discriminate others that correspond to oppression. Differences isn’t the problem that defines the issue, but the cultural myth that people assume about others. In Johnson’s reading he stated, “real illusion connected to difference is the popular assumption that people are naturally afraid of what they don’t know or understand” (Johnson, 2006, p. 13). They fear of the unknown, the idea of what we think we already know. People's perspective of others is the problem because we learn to think about others in ways that make us worry or troublesome.
In the reading Johnson stated that McIntosh stated two types of privilege. The first is unearned entitlement, which things that are valued by all people For example, being accepted in an environment that you belong or valued for what they contribute. If the unearned entitlement is being restricted from certain groups, then the privilege will become an unearned advantage. The second is conferred dominance, which is giving another group power over
Oppression towards others is something that needs to end, our society is full of oppression. Oppression has been part of society for far too long, it needs to stop and the only way to end the oppression is for everybody to stick together and fight for justices. Treat others like how we wanted to be treated, eliminate all oppression and stand together as one. People don't deserve to be oppressed, they should be treated with respect and accepted for who they are as human beings. Not judge by their race, sexuality, gender, ethnicity and