Either Unaware or They Just Don’t Care
Elizabeth Gale
IVY Tech Community College Either Unaware or They Just Don’t Care
Sibling rivalry among families is almost unavoidable. One sibling may be smarter, prettier, more athletic, or more social than his or her brothers and sisters. As a result, one parent shows more affection, gives more attention, or allows one child to get away with more than the others. A parent’s favoritism likely stems from commonality with the child, whether it is because one child looks or acts more like that parent, reminding them of a miniature version of themselves. The favorite child grows up with a divine, invincible, superior power over the other siblings. Likewise, the favorite child equates being white in …show more content…
Simply accepting that they, themselves, have abundant life opportunities, whites are “ignoring the advantages we [whites] have been afforded in every realm of activity, housing, education, employment, criminal justice, politics, banking and business” (Wise, 2003, p.2). Whites accept these privileges because they have never known any other way. Whether by government law or social law, whites have been granted certain immunities and rights that others have yet to acquire. They “ignore the fact that at almost every turn, our [whites’] hard work has been met with access to an opportunity structure denied to millions of others. Privilege, to us, is like water to the fish: invisible precisely because we cannot imagine life without it” (p.2). What whites never think about not having is what blacks work their entire lives for. African Americans suffer racial profiling and prejudice, while fighting for simple equalities and rights. A hard worker is superior to a lazy or mediocre one. Overcoming adversities is admirable. Blacks show their true colors by relentlessly striving for the same privileges so easily given to whites, and whites do the same by refraining from noticing, acting on, or calling for change regarding the inequalities in society. At first whites may appear to be the dominant and superior majority race, but in all actuality, the blacks’ strength and determination overpower whites’
Elizabeth Gale
IVY Tech Community College Either Unaware or They Just Don’t Care
Sibling rivalry among families is almost unavoidable. One sibling may be smarter, prettier, more athletic, or more social than his or her brothers and sisters. As a result, one parent shows more affection, gives more attention, or allows one child to get away with more than the others. A parent’s favoritism likely stems from commonality with the child, whether it is because one child looks or acts more like that parent, reminding them of a miniature version of themselves. The favorite child grows up with a divine, invincible, superior power over the other siblings. Likewise, the favorite child equates being white in …show more content…
Simply accepting that they, themselves, have abundant life opportunities, whites are “ignoring the advantages we [whites] have been afforded in every realm of activity, housing, education, employment, criminal justice, politics, banking and business” (Wise, 2003, p.2). Whites accept these privileges because they have never known any other way. Whether by government law or social law, whites have been granted certain immunities and rights that others have yet to acquire. They “ignore the fact that at almost every turn, our [whites’] hard work has been met with access to an opportunity structure denied to millions of others. Privilege, to us, is like water to the fish: invisible precisely because we cannot imagine life without it” (p.2). What whites never think about not having is what blacks work their entire lives for. African Americans suffer racial profiling and prejudice, while fighting for simple equalities and rights. A hard worker is superior to a lazy or mediocre one. Overcoming adversities is admirable. Blacks show their true colors by relentlessly striving for the same privileges so easily given to whites, and whites do the same by refraining from noticing, acting on, or calling for change regarding the inequalities in society. At first whites may appear to be the dominant and superior majority race, but in all actuality, the blacks’ strength and determination overpower whites’