White privilege isn't just a term for us sensitive liberals to throw around. White Privilege is societal advantages and benefits that has come- and continues to come- purely because of a white person’s whiteness. People of color, POC’s, don’t get this treatment. White Privilege exists in government, in schools, at home, and in everyday life. It’s institutionalized and internalized racism. This is the reality of America’s morally unjust ways.
As a white person, I understand that I have white privilege, and that I receive help or unacknowledged assistance, because I am white. This doesn’t mean I don’t work hard, or I haven’t suffered hard times, this just simply means, I receive help purely because of my whiteness. People of color don’t receive this only privilege because they are not white.
The truth is, things like this seem normal because it happens so much, and this shouldn’t be the case. Because I am white, I am born at the top of …show more content…
This privilege starts young, as soon as we are born and as we age. Being white; I can find children’s books that represent my race. In 2013, out of 3,200 children’s books published, only 93 of them featured black characters and people. Only 8% of those 3,200 books were written by people of color. Being white; I have the privilege of having a positive relationship with police, and i don’t have to expect unjust death, something that Tamir Rice, Dajerria Becton, Jonathan Ferrell, Rekia Boyd, Walter Scott, and Eric Garner didn’t have the privilege of having, because they were not white. I have the privilege of being favored and not racially profiled at school, I don’t have to expect to be arrested for racial stereotyping, something that Kiera Wilmont and Ahmed Mohamed didn’t have the privilege of having, because they were not white. These deaths, along with so many others, were unjust and due to racism and white
As a white person, I understand that I have white privilege, and that I receive help or unacknowledged assistance, because I am white. This doesn’t mean I don’t work hard, or I haven’t suffered hard times, this just simply means, I receive help purely because of my whiteness. People of color don’t receive this only privilege because they are not white.
The truth is, things like this seem normal because it happens so much, and this shouldn’t be the case. Because I am white, I am born at the top of …show more content…
This privilege starts young, as soon as we are born and as we age. Being white; I can find children’s books that represent my race. In 2013, out of 3,200 children’s books published, only 93 of them featured black characters and people. Only 8% of those 3,200 books were written by people of color. Being white; I have the privilege of having a positive relationship with police, and i don’t have to expect unjust death, something that Tamir Rice, Dajerria Becton, Jonathan Ferrell, Rekia Boyd, Walter Scott, and Eric Garner didn’t have the privilege of having, because they were not white. I have the privilege of being favored and not racially profiled at school, I don’t have to expect to be arrested for racial stereotyping, something that Kiera Wilmont and Ahmed Mohamed didn’t have the privilege of having, because they were not white. These deaths, along with so many others, were unjust and due to racism and white