Education 305 White Privilege This week’s reading by Peggy McIntosh’s‚ White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack really resonated with me. It forced me to think about how being white grants a person a set of positive privileges that others don’t have. Because of this‚ I felt compelled to write a response. I will start with her argument‚ make a comparison to another reading‚ provide the context for her article‚ and lastly issue some of my own opinions on the topic. Argument McIntosh’s
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During Jack London’s life he has written many great novels‚ perhaps the greatest was White Fang. In 1906 he wrote the legendary novel about a stray wolf reverting to domestication. The majority of this book concerns White Fangs’ struggles with savage nature‚ Indians‚ dogs and white men. However‚ we also see White Fang is tamed by love and turns from a savage wolf into a loving and domesticated dog. White Fang begins with two men traveling through the artic with a dog team and sled‚ followed by a
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In current society many books are written based racial or social issues reflecting the past‚ present or future. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga is an example that confronts social and racial issues within India‚ shown through the eyes of servant to wealthy‚ named Balram. Born in rural part of India with a deceased mother and rickshaw-pulling father‚ Balram is dedicated to serving others. Whether it was driving the wealthy around‚ grinding coal‚ or running behind cars to get a job‚ Balram’s life
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Title : White Fang Author : Jack London Date of Publication : 1992 Plot: The story is about a wolf named White Fang who had to find his way in the world. He was very curious of his surroundings and went exploring as a cub. He went in search of food and stumbled upon an Indian camp. The man most interested in White Fang was Grey Beaver. A man named Beauty Smith forced Grey Beaver to sell White Fang to him. Beauty Smith had evil plans. He forced White Fang to fight against a bulldog and placed
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Comm. 25 Summary: The article "What White Supremacists Taught a Jewish Scholar about Identity" by Abby L. Ferber talks about experiences related to race‚ culture and color. The article describes the cultural differences‚ clashes and the discriminatory or racial behaviors that are the result of social practices. Ferber believed that her identity as a Jew owed more to persecution and to her love of her family than to religious observance or historical tradition. She suspected that‚ as a child
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The significance of the Darkness and the Light in the book The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga The contrast between the Darkness and the Light is often mentioned in this book. The darkness is described as the poor and miserable areas of the rural India‚ while the light is the opposite. In the light there are often flourishing cities crawling with entrepreneurs and hard workers. In The White Tiger one gets to follow Balram Halwai’s journey from the darkness to the light. Needless to say‚ India
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The Significance of White: Doran Gray Historically‚ the color white has been used as a motif of both life and death. For instance‚ white is the traditional color of wedding dresses in both western and Japanese cultures. White is used to symbolize purity in western culture weddings. On the other hand‚ white is used to signify the death of the old family and introduce the new family. In the novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ one of the most vital motifs is the color white. The meaning of this color
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Religion is a common theme throughout The White Tiger and most of the time it is viewed in a negative light. The narrator‚ Belram‚ does not necessarily reject religion but rather views it in a hypocritical manner. Belram question the legitimacy of God(s) which is obvious with the way he jokes that another God is just another arse to kiss‚ displaying his view in the hypocrisy that God(s) are something we worship so piously yet they continue to be inactive or don’t actually do anything to improve one’s
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eyes. She was so fair that she was named Snow White. Her mother died when Snow White was a baby and her father married again. This queen was very pretty but she was also very cruel. The wicked stepmother wanted to be the most beautiful lady in the kingdom and she would often ask her magic mirror‚ “Mirror! Mirror on the wall! Who is the fairest of them all?” And the magic mirror would say‚ “You are‚ Your Majesty!” But one day‚ the mirror replied‚ “Snow White is the fairest of them all!” The wicked queen
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Snow White‚ a beautiful lady was the one and only daughter of a queen who died after giving birth to her. Another woman was married to the king and became the queen‚ she herself was very pretty indeed‚ but she was nowhere near the face of snow white. Since whenever the queen asked the magic mirror‚ it answered her that snow white was the most beautiful woman in the world‚ the new queen became very jeolous of her‚ so she sent a hunter to hunt snow white down. The hunter almost succeeded‚ but in
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