If someone has privilege they don 't always see it, all they see is the trash can or their goals right I front of them. While the people in the back only see everyone in front of them and they can hardly see the trash can. This amazing example showed how everyone has a chance but how unfair the system can truly be. Yet it 's a system we can 't really get rid of or try to change. There will always be privileged students and there will always be underprivileged students. Yet white privilege is a whole new subject, in the article White Privilege by Peggy McIntosh, the main topic is about how whites have unseen privileges that other races don’t have. When she was listing out the points there where some I knew existed, others I didn’t know existed, and some I don’t really think apply anymore. The first one I never really thought about was number 26, “I can easily buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys, and children magazines featuring people of my race.” That one really popped out to me because I never really thought about race when it came to toys. For example, my little sister has a lot of Barbie’s but I think she might only have one or two of a different race. That’s not because she doesn’t
If someone has privilege they don 't always see it, all they see is the trash can or their goals right I front of them. While the people in the back only see everyone in front of them and they can hardly see the trash can. This amazing example showed how everyone has a chance but how unfair the system can truly be. Yet it 's a system we can 't really get rid of or try to change. There will always be privileged students and there will always be underprivileged students. Yet white privilege is a whole new subject, in the article White Privilege by Peggy McIntosh, the main topic is about how whites have unseen privileges that other races don’t have. When she was listing out the points there where some I knew existed, others I didn’t know existed, and some I don’t really think apply anymore. The first one I never really thought about was number 26, “I can easily buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys, and children magazines featuring people of my race.” That one really popped out to me because I never really thought about race when it came to toys. For example, my little sister has a lot of Barbie’s but I think she might only have one or two of a different race. That’s not because she doesn’t