The topic Biblicist Racism in the readings that were done in the class talked about various different questions that many of us have. This topic is well known by most people in the United States. Firstly, how different racial groups came to existence was explained as a myth through Curse of Ham myth. Secondly, how some racial groups are superior compare to others “as spiritually, morally, and culturally” is shown in A Great Racial Commission: Religion and the Construction of White America reading. Thirdly, how some racial groups have more privilege and power compare to others is shown in White Privilege and Male Privilege reading (PowerPoint). In chapter one of the Prentiss book, the story Curse of Ham is given. This story is a myth which
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According to McIntosh, white people are not taught to identify white privilege. Which causes white privilege to be “an invisible package of unearned assents” and it also gives white people higher authority (75). McIntosh further talks about how her co-workers who are African Americans, are not provided with the same opportunities as her because she is White. She classified effects of white privilege from her life and she listed about 46 conditions which she would be able to do but not the African American people at her work (76-77). Many of her 46 conditions that she pointed are important, “Whether I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my skin color no to work against the appearance that I am financially reliable.” This condition is one of the strong to show the racism. Her experience at the work place shows racism that is occurring at the job where human beings are treated based on their race. McIntosh gave examples like this in her article which shows her efforts to resist toward racism in the United States. Moreover, she also talked about male privilege. Male privilege is something most people experience in life. She generally talked about how she has noticed that males either do not see themselves having the privilege or deny having the privilege but they do see females having disadvantages. However, such …show more content…
Whiteness and white privileges are the main issues in the society. Battalora explained that the “Critical race theory evolved out of opposition to dominant conceptions of race, racism, equality, and law in the post-civil rights period” (3). Also, this reading is generating whiteness as a racial construction. This shows how whiteness shapes the American culture and society. Battalora made an important point when she said, “when studies of criminal justice practices no longer expose that whites receive lesser punishments than nonwhites with similar criminal records, then historical constructions of race may no longer have relevance in the social world” (4). If this would happen then, it would resist the existence racism and racism would be gone. Some people argued that they did not ask for white privilege and some said they did want the privilege (16). Furthermore, “In relationships with non-whites, whites are not completely stripped of the many forms of white privilege expressed within the larger social context, such as access to housing or credit” (16). This shows how racial identities have little or no effect on them based on their
According to McIntosh, white people are not taught to identify white privilege. Which causes white privilege to be “an invisible package of unearned assents” and it also gives white people higher authority (75). McIntosh further talks about how her co-workers who are African Americans, are not provided with the same opportunities as her because she is White. She classified effects of white privilege from her life and she listed about 46 conditions which she would be able to do but not the African American people at her work (76-77). Many of her 46 conditions that she pointed are important, “Whether I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my skin color no to work against the appearance that I am financially reliable.” This condition is one of the strong to show the racism. Her experience at the work place shows racism that is occurring at the job where human beings are treated based on their race. McIntosh gave examples like this in her article which shows her efforts to resist toward racism in the United States. Moreover, she also talked about male privilege. Male privilege is something most people experience in life. She generally talked about how she has noticed that males either do not see themselves having the privilege or deny having the privilege but they do see females having disadvantages. However, such …show more content…
Whiteness and white privileges are the main issues in the society. Battalora explained that the “Critical race theory evolved out of opposition to dominant conceptions of race, racism, equality, and law in the post-civil rights period” (3). Also, this reading is generating whiteness as a racial construction. This shows how whiteness shapes the American culture and society. Battalora made an important point when she said, “when studies of criminal justice practices no longer expose that whites receive lesser punishments than nonwhites with similar criminal records, then historical constructions of race may no longer have relevance in the social world” (4). If this would happen then, it would resist the existence racism and racism would be gone. Some people argued that they did not ask for white privilege and some said they did want the privilege (16). Furthermore, “In relationships with non-whites, whites are not completely stripped of the many forms of white privilege expressed within the larger social context, such as access to housing or credit” (16). This shows how racial identities have little or no effect on them based on their