This is a country founded on the blood of slaves, the tears of natives, and the sweat of immigrants. In response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, our very own supposedly progressive President Franklin D. Roosevelt, ordered the mass incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese – many of whom were American citizens – who were forced onto internment camps. Despite the connection of Italians and Germans to the Axis-power, no similar actions were taken against them (Irving). White privilege is that the actions of an individual, or small group, is not a stain on the entire race. Whereas people of color must always bear the consequences of the few as a
This is a country founded on the blood of slaves, the tears of natives, and the sweat of immigrants. In response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, our very own supposedly progressive President Franklin D. Roosevelt, ordered the mass incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese – many of whom were American citizens – who were forced onto internment camps. Despite the connection of Italians and Germans to the Axis-power, no similar actions were taken against them (Irving). White privilege is that the actions of an individual, or small group, is not a stain on the entire race. Whereas people of color must always bear the consequences of the few as a