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Peart's Story On Inequality

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I feel ashamed. Peart's story is not something new, we've all heard stories like this it makes me ashamed to be a part of this society. I have had discussions with people in the past about white privilege (I grew up in rural northern Wisconsin, in my high school there were about 400 students and only three were black) and I was surprised how unaware they were of their privilege. It makes me ashamed of my race.

In response to McIntosh's question I think we will choose to weaken this system of inequality. As our generation becomes more relevant in the world and gains more power I think the system will become much weaker. Each generation, compared to the generations that proceeded, is more accepting and unbiased.

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