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    the film claim that there is a white privilege in music? Because there is racism among black and white singers‚ and white singers are always more popular with audiences. Typical in the video‚ Adele is a British white singer‚ her new album sells fast‚ breaking records with copies flying off the shelves. While black singers have a lot of talent but they do not get the attention of the audience because of their skin color. Therefore‚ in the music world‚ people call whites "ivory" and black people as "ebony"

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    a certain skin color in order to have what is known as ‘white privileged’. First and foremost an example of being white privilege in America is a black man and white man going to jail for the same exact crime yet the black man gets more punishment than the white man. An article which had a chart from 2005‚ compared the number of white men and black

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    Some topics are hard to talk about but as Poet Kyla Lacey said “the conversation may stop but the racism continues.” This was one of the ideas behind her most well known poem titled “White Privilege” which she performed in the UC Down Under Feb. 22 for an intimate crowd. Kyla Lacey was born in Chicago‚ lived in Orlando‚ but currently resides in Atlanta. She is a proud cat mom‚ had her first poem copy written at age 10‚ and has now performed at over 200 colleges. “I kind of have always been a writer

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    White privilege is when individuals who are born with White skin are awarded unearned social benefits‚ assets‚ protections‚ and advantages over people of color strictly because of their skin color (McIntosh 1998; Crosley-Corcoran 2014). For instance‚ White people do not have to warn their children about systematic racism that still exists in today’s society and how to manage their lives in order to protect themselves from it (McIntosh 1998). While some White people may be disadvantaged due to other

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    several of my classes have discussed white privilege. I remember first hearing this term in my Cultural Anthropology class. I believe that as a result of me being born caucasian many people carry prejudices and stereotypes against me just because of that. Typically‚ people judge me and automatically assume I come from a wealthy to do family‚ with an educated family‚ and a successful life. Although I have learned because I am caucasian there are some privileges I receive that others may not such as

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    I have learned that my color not only earned me inferiority in the society‚ but it’s a weapon in itself. There are various issues I had to deal with on the daily basis that white people don’t have to experience‚ if so maybe not often. Here is a list of five examples of unearned white privileges that I cannot relate to by Peggy McIntosh. 1. I can go shopping alone most of the time‚ pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed. 2. I do not have to educate my children to be aware

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    Knapsack Narrative

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    series‚ where I will have to live in the wilderness and use the materials around for 11 days‚ with a camera in front of my head. I only came with an empty knapsack to carry the materials that I’ll find during this series. There are two rules for the series‚ I have to move to another shelter everyday and you can only bring things in your knapsack‚ you can’t just carry them‚ so it will be more exciting for the viewers to watch. I started by ripping off some branches from the trees nearby and went to

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    In “White Like Me‚” Thomas Wise discusses the many ways White privilege influences other race’s‚ from a White male’s perspective. Three of the most interesting point relate to the of “white supremacy” and how the common white citizens unknowingly uses their powers. He expresses the belief that Whites should “guard their white privilege” because the United States‚ as a capitalist society‚ honors the majority. Another point he makes is that Whites are able to escape the blame for their unjust actions

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    Americans. King Peggy is influenced by both American and Ghanaian societies. She uses both societies to be come a hero of Otuam. King Peggy is not just American or Ghanaian; she simply is “both” (more on page 159). The ancestors‚ America‚ and Otuam influence how King Peggy’s identity develops from a secretary to an influential King. Overall‚ she is considered a hero because she brought water‚ education‚ and a steady government to Otuam. Specifically the ancestors helped develop King Peggy identity.

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    a? What is white privilege? Somehow I have a general idea of what the article would be. Being a person of a different race‚ I always had this preconceived notion that people of the developed countries like the United States - the white-skinned‚ always feel superior over people from the third world; that this superiority comes from the inherent privilege that they have‚ that irrespective of the fact that a person has been naturalized and should now have the ‘same’ rights and privilege as the rest

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