White Privilege: Social Conflict By W. E. B. Dubois

been told to correct his feature about myself many times. I am nice looking to others but not quite as “perfect” as other people would prefer. I have been given hair products and suggestions without asking for it. I have even been asked to what heritage I was from because my hair is dark and curly. I have been asked to correct my only non-White feature. There is something not quite right about me in the eyes of other Whites. The sociologically theory that other researchers have used to describe White privilege is social conflict by W.E.B. Dubois. “But the facing of so vast a prejudice could not but bring the inevitable self-questioning, self-disparagement, and lowering of ideals which ever accompany repression and breed in an atmosphere of
Identity is formed through personal experience, self-awareness, and the social interaction of other humans. I can not be me without the existence of you the other. Other people need to socialize with other humans to develop identities and a personal self. What I learned from the research and discussion is that people do not exist independently nor are people true individuals. People are collections of other humans. I have also learned that these identities can shape how we feel about ourselves and feel about our lives. Being White allows me to live a life where I never have to question how other people will view me or interact with me. Being a woman gives me the insight on what it is like to live as the other. Being a women allows me to have the insight on what it is like to be the inferior one. Having the identity of student has given me the insight on what it is like to be exactly as society expects one to be in American society. I have also learned that even though identity seems to be forced upon us it takes commitment and good performance to have these identities. “I AM THAT I AM,” said the Lord and he was, unless he wasn’t performing nor committed to his identity as