Privilege- a special right‚ advantage‚ or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people. Many people take life for granted and don’t realize the amount to privilege we do have. It all starts back in 2013 when you’re young and curious and don’t care what anyone says. “Patrick‚ Brandon‚ Matt; come here.” There was a different tone in my parents voices‚ one that isn’t comforting but you got the point that something was wrong. “Take a seat” mom says with a very uncomfortable
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Keiara West White Privilege Zane State College Over the past few weeks I have been observing how people with different race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ etc. are looked at differently and treated. Some stories I am going to share are of past experiences that I sought in the past few years. Most of these recordings have been in the workplace and one of a friend that kindly shared her experience with me. While doing these recordings on a notebook piece of paper‚
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are the privileged and the non-privileged people? Frances E. Kendall a scholar who focuses on organizational change‚ diversity‚ and white privilege‚ states that privileged are those who are innately born with greater access to resources‚ power and authority. The word privilege is followed with many problems as it is often a strenuous term to explain. Privileges‚ by definition are institutional advantages. Kendall states the problem is‚ those who are granted with these beneficial advantages often
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the Information Technology industry‚ we utilize ‘least privilege’ on a daily basis. Believe the idea is to limit security rights and only grant higher level access when necessary to limit accidental and intentioned damaging activity. The latest Microsoft and Apple operating systems do prompt you for administrative rights when changing a configuration or installing software. In the open source world you would have to be granted sudo privileges to the root account when configuring or installing. At
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These White Privilege readings engage popular culture by defining white privilege through concrete evidence. Texts such as “White Privilege: Unpacking the Knapsack” ask the reader is to view a list of items that define white privilege. The reader is then asked to confirm whether or not the privileges are applicable to how he or she lives. As most white people realize just how applicable white privileges are to them‚ they can see that the problem is not just skin deep. The privileges white people
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and privilege is mentioned among a group of individuals‚ the room most often becomes silent due to layer of awkwardness that has just risen. Most people believe that these sensitive topics bring about intense feelings of fear‚ defensiveness‚ guilt‚ anger‚ and grief‚ and would rather avoid such in-depth discussions in order to prevent any discomfort or reluctance. Because of the unwillingness of humans to fabricate any vulnerability while contemplating such matters‚ racism and white privilege are
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In "White Privilege and Male Privilege" by Peggy McIntosh‚ she talks about unearned privilege from white Americans and men. She states‚ "Virtually all men deny that male overreward alone can explain men’s centrality in all the sanctums of our most powerful institutions. Moreover‚ those few who will acknowledge that male privilege systems have overempowered them usually end up doubting that we could dismantle these privilege systems (McIntosh‚ 1988:95).“I believe that this addresses a mindset of
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should be illegal to drive while using a phone because it distracts drivers from the road and makes the roads unsafe. Although some believe it should not be illegal‚ actually it should because driving and being on the phone is one of the main causes for death and accidents in the United States. While driving‚ if someone looks at their phone for more than three seconds it doubles the chance of getting into an accident. A driver on their phone may not have their eyes on the road‚ so they might not
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Education 305 White Privilege This week’s reading by Peggy McIntosh’s‚ White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack really resonated with me. It forced me to think about how being white grants a person a set of positive privileges that others don’t have. Because of this‚ I felt compelled to write a response. I will start with her argument‚ make a comparison to another reading‚ provide the context for her article‚ and lastly issue some of my own opinions on the topic. Argument McIntosh’s
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What is privilege? This seems to be the topic of discussion in America since forever; but it is now being questioned more now centuries later and its plastering a smear on America‚ additional to the election of 2016. Trump and people like Trump who has great wealth and power‚ has and keep us assured that even in the new millennium we are making almost little to no progress of change and appreciations when it comes to the play of feelings of the oppressed. As a black man I do not feel those in power
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