![]() ![]() However, what they do not know is that one must recognize the existence of such privileges to fully understand the dynamics of racism. As such, average white Americans feel that condemning racism is enough to achieve equality. Instead, its presence remains to be denied and protected by political leaders or other people because they benefit from the system and continue to dominate it. It is through listing her daily experiences of white privilege that the author was able to unpack the “invisible knapsack” of a privileged white person in American society.Īccording to her, it was hard to recognize the existence of the concept simply because the manifestations of white privileges do not come into a visible form of racist violence and outright discrimination. Because of this, they feel excluded from the participation and discussion about our nationhood. On the other hand, minority groups such as African Americans or Native Americans suffer from the lack of representation. Learning that the founding fathers of the nation belong to white American race gives white people the sense of pride and accomplishment that their own race made this country great. According to her, one example of an unearned privilege of a white person is the representation and attention that the “white race” gets in different media specifically whenever American nationhood is often featured. To clarify the rather complex idea of white privilege, the author listed 50 instances where she experience white privilege in her daily life. The author realized that, in this country, advantages already existent for someone who is born with the “right” skin color. Despite the color of our skin, the people of the US should not try to take from each other, but help each other to end the advantages of privilege.In America, white people enjoy privileges in the society not so much because he/she does something to attain it but because it is bestowed upon him/her since birth. White people who hold a position of minority groups still hold a significant amount of privilege over their counterparts who remain people of color, whose culture is too often seen as inferior and abnormal. Minority and oppressed groups, such as Negros created intersection within each other. The white race defines mainstream American culture and is seen as superior/better. In summary, the white privilege and racism only grew and became more powerful with time. The buildings were poorly maintained, and the Negros became embarrassed because they still could not use the same bathroom as the White people. Even though it meant to allow racial segregation, it practically did the opposite because all facilities and building became separated from the whites and maintained poorly because the doctrine did not discuss the quality of the buildings. Privilege plays a part in this issue because it allowed the white people to hold all the power in making the doctrine. ![]() This doctrine “ensured” that all races would be treated equally, however this did not agree with the US Constitution’s 14th amendment. One of the policies issued the name was “separate but equal” which instates that whites and Negros be separated at all times but share equal rights. ![]() Unfortunately Negros did not have that luxury, during the 1900s a lot of policies and laws became about because Negros decided to fight back. For centuries Whites have had the advantage of not having to worry about leaving a place because of their skin tone. There’s no doubt that race has played a major part in the word privilege. Martin then describes how other countries move towards a more diverse country while Negros in the US continue to undergo pain under segregationists who push that they “Wait”. insists that the Negros have already waited “over 340 years” for their “constitutional and God-given rights”. The white people in power decide on direct action for change to come about at the worst possible times. The White people do not suffer discrimination and cry, “Wait,” which the Negros have come to understand means “Never” or no. The oppressing group (Negros) do not give up the small amount of privilege they hold without pressure, and individuals might change, King says, but groups tend to bend a lot more. In ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ by Martin Luther King Jr., addresses privilege throughout his speech and says “privileged groups” have hardly ever let up their privileges voluntarily throughout history. Once you become aware of privilege, it becomes difficult to eliminate. This means classification of people becomes obtained by certain kinds individuals and they become influenced by the constructed norm. Privilege has narratives that caused struggles in history because of the rules of society. Privilege is the “special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to one person or group of people”. ![]()
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