In the August before my sophomore year of high school, a challenge emerged. My dad had passed away. Of course you would read that and automatically think about how that would affect me in many ways. However no one, not even myself, was aware of the many challenges that went with this.…
“Give credit where credit is due.” Is the main idea that Meghan Daum’s, “Using Privilege as a weapon” comes down to. In her writing she attacks the misconception of using privilege as an accusation, implying that it brought inherited success discrediting the worker. Since in most people’s minds the fact that being born into a high class family in the United States automatically gives you a higher advantages than everyone else.…
Peggy McIntosh creates an interesting opinion on the invisible impact on the white privileged in the United States in her article, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Given that Peggy is also from the same race what she writes about brings a very interesting perspective to what she says. McIntosh claims there are white people who refuse to see that their color puts them at an advantage even though they agree others are at a disadvantage. I agree that people with privileges can be oblivious to it, but I do not agree that lessing or taking away the privileges of the privileged is the only solution to making it more equal to the unprivileged. An increase of opportunity to the unprivileged is a solution also.…
Tim Wise made a very important point during his lecture about people in the dominated or oppressed class of any category of people. Namely that the dominating class can not truly understand the oppressed without entering into a bilateral dialogue with them. One can not grasp the struggle that a person who can not walk experiences as a result of their physical disability by reading a list written by an able-bodied physician. This idea is the centerpiece of Paulo Freire's classic book Pedagogy of the Oppressed. In the book Freire states:…
The Article is based on facts and applied research. Im not a scientist so I cant agree or disagree. However I do find it baffling that there is so much study of the brain that goes unseen. Its unbelieved to think how many hours, days, months researchers put in time to find or come up with different ways to uncover the brain. I think I…
When Moule states “A key aspect of unacknowledged White privilege is its invisibility to Whites and its very obvious visibility to People of Color.” she is pointing out how important it is for white educators to recognize their privilege so the cultural distance between them and their non-white students can be reduced.…
There is no doubt privilege is the concept that some groups of people have advantage relative to others. However, when others have the privilege, things will be complicated. Anzaldua would complicate McIntosh’ central metaphor by discussing different attitude toward privilege between dominant groups and non-dominant group. Through McIntosh’s whole article, she mostly focuses on the privilege that white people have. White privilege confers people with white skins invisible advantage, such as privilege that “neighbors will be decent to you, or that your race will not count against you…
In Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire tells about the educational theory which is sort of oppression towards the students. In his view, he finds that in order to create a liberal education; self-awareness and good thinking process are needed in improving the education system into a higher level.…
Now we need a more finely differentiated taxonomy of privilege, for some of these varieties are only what one would want for everyone in a society, and others give license to be ignorant, oblivious, arrogant, and destructive. Privilege was a word known as somewhat of a reward, whether received by working for it, birth, or luck. Now it is more of a scientifically overpower certain groups (Rothenberg, 2012, p. 124).…
When I first became knowledgeable about intersectionality, I thought of the phrase “white privilege”. I thought about how, in modern time, most individuals truly do not think about how their race, religion, gender, language, and other aspects of their identities impact their daily lives. While I have experienced brief moments in my life where my identities came to light, I never considered how these “labels” benefit me or even make me vulnerable. All of my identities inform my worldview, and just looking through one may not identify my true privilege or vulnerability. Through my identities, I am influenced in the way I see the world.…
This privilege often times comes with unknowing advantages, which only increase the groups’ chances to have success. An example of this can be seen in how certain people portray whites versus blacks. For example, let’s say a woman is walking late at night and stumbles across an African-American individual. This woman might wrongfully portray that individual as a mugger or even worse force herself to take a different route home just because she believes her life might be in danger if she crosses paths with this particular individual. Whereas, if a woman stumbles across a white individual the chances of her switching sidewalks are relatively low, thanks to stereotypes depicting black individuals as dangerous individuals and whites as harmless for the most…
I had never thought of myself as an individual is privileged, I have always viewed myself as an equal, but after reading this article I began to understand that how being a white female gave me more privilege when compared to others. I have learned from this class that it is important to use my privilege to help those who do not have those unearned disadvantages. As a future educator it is important to keep that in mind as I teach through the years. There may be some children who become my students and they do not have the right resources to have proper clothing or shoes for the seasons and as someone of privilege I can do something to help those individuals. Furthermore, I can simply just be a role model and set an example to my students and make sure to instantly shut down any form of racism or racist remark that may happen in class.…
Part One: You will read “Who Moved My Cheese” by Spencer Johnson, MD. This is a very short book with an amazing message. Read this book and write a two page paper in 12pt font, 1 in margins, double-spaced Times New Roman with the information below. Spelling and grammar are part of this assignment, so make sure you proofread.…
In my opinion, the underprivileged have a sense of respect for things, they things in their life are valuable and don’t take it for granted. In Horatio Alger, Jr.’s novel, Ragged Dick, the main…
As I woke up the first rays of light and warmth were rising out of the darkness and lighting up the countryside. A thick fog hung in the air; it was so thick I could barely see twenty metres in front of my eyes. It was almost like the fog was choking the sky.…