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Peggy McKintosh makes a sort of parallel between the power of privilege that men posses over women and how white people have a privilege over colored people. The parallel between these two examples is that they both have a side that is more privileged than the other but they seem to not notice that they have that privilege. Men grow up in a society where they are taught not to show that they have more power and privilege over women and it is the same way with white people. White people are not taught that they are oppressors against people of color. They just grew up and were taught to not recognize their privilege of just being born white. McKintosh really gets the attention of white people and of colored by mentioning twenty six examples …show more content…

She does a good job by saying that some people are born with privilege and some are given the privilege but overall that we don 't deserve that privilege because it ends up putting others at a disadvantage. McKintosh makes it very clear to us that white privilege is more of a dominance to another race than a privilege. She ends up saying that white privilege is very much misleading because it puts people of color at a disadvantage. The whole purpose of the article that McKintosh wrote was to open the minds of the white society and make them realize that they were at a advantage over colored people and that there are many examples of the dominance of white people over colored. Even though it is said that we are a free country, things have still not gotten to the point where everyone is free and equal. McKintosh wants to make a clear understanding to everyone that racism is still there, maybe not as obvious as it was before but the hierarchy is still there putting others at a disadvantage because they were not born with white skin. McKintosh knows that this problem can 't be solved just like that but she wants to raise awareness in order for future generations to be able to set up a system where white people don 't have dominance over colored people. She wants future generations to have a system where everyone is

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As a result of her comprehensive definition on white privilege and endorsement to her academic background, McIntosh begins to persuade her audience that unearned white privilege does exist. The first couple of paragraphs of her essay she gives to define white privilege, so it is recognizable that this definition is necessary for her essay and her argument.

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This week we were assigned to read to different articles. The first article was written by Peggy McIntosh titled, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”. Throughout the article, Peggy showed the readers what it means to have white privilege. She showed the readers 50 different types of “advantages” that whites get over other races, such as African Americans. This is the biggest theme throughout her entire piece.

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“Behind every success, large or small, there is a story, and it isn't always told by sex or skin color” (page 2, par. 15), Fortgang, T (2014). Some people base their success on their racial background. “Checking My Privilege” by Tal Fotrtgang was written in an effort to voice his opinion on this matter. In his essay, Tal Fortgang says, “I actually went and checked the origins of my privileged existence, to empathize with those whose underdog stories I can’t possibly comprehend. I have unearthed some examples of the privilege with which my family was blessed, and now I think I better understand those who assure me that skin color allowed my family and I to flourish today”

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For example, Colin say that people of color was not being treated right by the white people. The reason why they were not being treated right is because this was the time after president Lincoln had freed all the slaves. As they were freed it was hard because it was time for them to get jobs and be educated and this is where racism comes in because people back

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The major thesis in this book, are broken down into two components. The first is how we define racism, and the impact that definition has on how we see and understand racism. Dr. Beverly Tatum chooses to use the definition given by “David Wellman that defines racism as a system of advantages based on race” (1470). This definition of racism helps to establish Dr. Tatum’s theories of racial injustice and the advantages either willingly or unwillingly that white privilege plays in our society today. The second major thesis in this book is the significant role that a racial identity has in our society.

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In chapter one, "Privilege, Oppression, and Difference, Allan Johnson begins his argument that "difference is not the problem"( Johnson, pg 5 ). The author goes on to explain that difference by itself is not the problem, rather difference in conjunction with our ideas that cause fear. That being said, discrimination was a bigger problem in the past and it still is today. We starts with talking about Rodney King and racism he had received from police officers in Los Angeles. Johnson continues on with the idea that people are judged not for who they are or the things they have accomplished, but how they are perceived by others.

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when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky, and see her beginning to distort her personality by developing an unconscious bitterness toward white people; when you have to concoct an answer for a five year old son who is asking: “Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?” It’s heartbreaking knowing that your child has to grow up not being able to have things that should not be a privilege by what a white man says but only by what the parent of that child

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In 2017, the issue of Executive Privilege is almost as contested as it was in 1973 during the Nixon investigation. President Nixon was not able to invoke Executive Privilege to protect himself from the Watergate investigation, however, the same might not be true for President Trump. President Trump is currently at the center of an investigation into potential Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential Elections. In December of 2016, the press was filled with headlines and articles reading, “American intelligence agencies have concluded with ‘high confidence’ that Russia acted covertly in the latter stages of the presidential campaign to harm Hillary Clinton’s chances and promote Donald J. Trump, according to senior administration officials” . This incident is being investigated by Special

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Spencer’s main thesis is how an individual’s race, gender, religion, social class, and/or ethnicity have an effect on such person’s privileges and whether they will be oppressed from equal opportunity. Spencer explains that if one does not fit into societal norms, such as being white American and Christian, for example, then the result will be that such people will be oppressed from equal opportunity. Spencer explains that people who are of different race, gender, religion and/or social class, people will often experience discrimination, as a result of racism. For example, power and privilege are often held by white American’s in the United States and if someone does not fit that class, often times, people are treated differently than what

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Whites are privileged because we are seen as the average American. We do not get second glances, because nobody suspects we are doing anything but living our lives. Though since we are not subject to this intense scrutiny we do not realize that we in turn do this to African Americans, just simply living their daily lives as well. McIntosh (1988) points out that she repeatedly forgot each of the realizations on this list until I wrote it down. For me white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject.

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She says that “the whites have so long and so loudly proclaimed the theme of equal rights and privileges, that our souls have caught the flame also,”. This means that the whites have always declared that they should have equal rights, but when it came to the African Americans, they were ignored or looked down on. This is only one of the many ways she uses compare and contrast to show how unfairly they were

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People see whiteness because they experience its effects. A useful comparison can be drawn between the unrecognised privileges of males, and those of white people (McIntosh, 1988). It is not unusual for men to acknowledge that women are disadvantaged. With that said, McIntosh (1988) argues that white privilege is in the same manner without recognition and thus preserved. McIntosh (1988) views white privilege as an invisible collection of unearned assets that is of benefit to white people on a daily basis.

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