The play God and the Indian written by Drew Hayden Taylor, has reveals multiple forms of privilege exists in Canada’s society and they are white privileges, background privileges and men privileges.
Taylor’s play God and the Indian reveals white privileges in the Canadian society. The author shows how white people have special privileges in everyday life. On page 7 of the play, Johnny says, “I was on my corner. It’s not my usual corner. A couple of punks took it over a while ago. They don’t let me sit there anymore. They have really bad attitudes” (Taylor 7). This quote shows how white people rudely drive Johnny away from the corner and no one stands out to defend for her. It reveals that in the Canadian society, the whites have more …show more content…
For instance, on page 60, Johnny reveals, “But people - like you and other “servants of God”- are different. They have hands. They have tongues. They have cocks. They have needs. A building can’t touch a kid. The people who work there can make kids cry.” (60). This quote shows that the white people who have church background have done things like sexually abuses to the Aboriginal children in the Residential School. Since their strong background, they have the privilege to do many illegal and immoral things without getting punished. On page 69, Johnny reveals, “You’d just lie. How many of you guys have actually gone to jail for what you’ve done” (69). This quote further proves that white people who have church background can get away with legal punishment after they sexually abuse the Aboriginal children. The fact of background privilege of the whites is unequal to the First Nations people when compares the church background to the residential school background. The First Nations who comes from the residential school would be discriminated by others because the crowds are aware that they comes from a awful place that tortures children. Overall, the author reveals the social phenomenon of background …show more content…
In the worldview of the play, men has more advantage on job opportunity than women. For instance, Johnny exposes, “I figure it’s as good a place as any to make some money, and a lady’s gotta do something with her life or she ain’t a lady” (8). The above quote states that Johnny does not have a job and she is a beggar. This proves that women like Johnny has low social status and it is difficult for them to find a decent job. This fact further proves that the society is more favour male and discriminated female. There is another quote that proves in the world of the play, women have tougher life than men. On page 12, Johnny says, “I didn’t like the name you guys gave me. It had too many bad memories. So I decided to get a new one” (12). According to the quote, the reason about Johnny have the white man name of “Johnny” is because she experienced sexual abuse as a girl in the Residential School, so she want to be a man and not a woman. This further proves that in Johnny’s society, men and women are not equal. The males have better and easier life because they have privileges that the females do not have. Therefore, the author reveals that Johnny’s society contains man
Taylor’s play God and the Indian reveals white privileges in the Canadian society. The author shows how white people have special privileges in everyday life. On page 7 of the play, Johnny says, “I was on my corner. It’s not my usual corner. A couple of punks took it over a while ago. They don’t let me sit there anymore. They have really bad attitudes” (Taylor 7). This quote shows how white people rudely drive Johnny away from the corner and no one stands out to defend for her. It reveals that in the Canadian society, the whites have more …show more content…
For instance, on page 60, Johnny reveals, “But people - like you and other “servants of God”- are different. They have hands. They have tongues. They have cocks. They have needs. A building can’t touch a kid. The people who work there can make kids cry.” (60). This quote shows that the white people who have church background have done things like sexually abuses to the Aboriginal children in the Residential School. Since their strong background, they have the privilege to do many illegal and immoral things without getting punished. On page 69, Johnny reveals, “You’d just lie. How many of you guys have actually gone to jail for what you’ve done” (69). This quote further proves that white people who have church background can get away with legal punishment after they sexually abuse the Aboriginal children. The fact of background privilege of the whites is unequal to the First Nations people when compares the church background to the residential school background. The First Nations who comes from the residential school would be discriminated by others because the crowds are aware that they comes from a awful place that tortures children. Overall, the author reveals the social phenomenon of background …show more content…
In the worldview of the play, men has more advantage on job opportunity than women. For instance, Johnny exposes, “I figure it’s as good a place as any to make some money, and a lady’s gotta do something with her life or she ain’t a lady” (8). The above quote states that Johnny does not have a job and she is a beggar. This proves that women like Johnny has low social status and it is difficult for them to find a decent job. This fact further proves that the society is more favour male and discriminated female. There is another quote that proves in the world of the play, women have tougher life than men. On page 12, Johnny says, “I didn’t like the name you guys gave me. It had too many bad memories. So I decided to get a new one” (12). According to the quote, the reason about Johnny have the white man name of “Johnny” is because she experienced sexual abuse as a girl in the Residential School, so she want to be a man and not a woman. This further proves that in Johnny’s society, men and women are not equal. The males have better and easier life because they have privileges that the females do not have. Therefore, the author reveals that Johnny’s society contains man