The Pros And Cons Of White Privilege
The biggest problem with white privilege is the lack of acknowledgment. The inability to recognize that many of the advantages white hold are disadvantages of other people (“what is white privilege” 2) White privilege is something every white person has. White privilege is advantages white people benefit from on a daily basis. You cannot physically see white privilege, therefore some deny the fact that it even exists. There is no denying that if you are white you will always have more advantages than a person of color. If you are closed minded you may not see what white privilege is or that it even exists. People act as if people of color hyperbole, however, they never go through what they have to experience. We all have different views on
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I also asked him if he thought people of color make a tremendous deal out of it and his response was “they have the right to make a big deal”. I asked my brother the same type of questions he responded with “ maybe white privilege does exist, but people of color have privileges/advantages too”. While that might be true for the reason that more diversity is needed in jobs, schools, and whatever else that they need people of color so it is more diverse. Which is unfortunate that they have to be told to hire a certain amount of people with color because they do not already do so. Some people think that people of color have these advantages but if we took all the advantages white people had and were to ask to trade with the “advantages” people of color have would they take that offer? Would they want to give up everything they benefit from frequently for the very litttle advantages people of color …show more content…
Those who are blind and do not recognize they have it are the ones who benefit from it the most(“what is white privilege” 2). People of color go through things that no human being should have to experience and it is all because of their skin color. If you have the freedom to fight racism one day and ignore it the next is then you have white privilege. People of color cannot just ignore what happens to them every day. They will not let someone’s bigotry stop them from saying the
I also asked him if he thought people of color make a tremendous deal out of it and his response was “they have the right to make a big deal”. I asked my brother the same type of questions he responded with “ maybe white privilege does exist, but people of color have privileges/advantages too”. While that might be true for the reason that more diversity is needed in jobs, schools, and whatever else that they need people of color so it is more diverse. Which is unfortunate that they have to be told to hire a certain amount of people with color because they do not already do so. Some people think that people of color have these advantages but if we took all the advantages white people had and were to ask to trade with the “advantages” people of color have would they take that offer? Would they want to give up everything they benefit from frequently for the very litttle advantages people of color …show more content…
Those who are blind and do not recognize they have it are the ones who benefit from it the most(“what is white privilege” 2). People of color go through things that no human being should have to experience and it is all because of their skin color. If you have the freedom to fight racism one day and ignore it the next is then you have white privilege. People of color cannot just ignore what happens to them every day. They will not let someone’s bigotry stop them from saying the