Personal Narrative: I Am A White, Male, American Citizen

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In many ways I do believe I am privileged due to many factors. First I am a white ,male, American citizen. Also I have two parent who are in the middle class, by these factor I consider that I have a slight advantage at life rather than some people might live. Although wherever people stand in the socio-economic class I believe if you tried hard enough and really put in the time and effort you can do great things no matter what. I honestly don't really know, but one way is to inherit by parents farm and build and industry in a protective way that benefits my whole family. Although this may be true I still do not know how being white or a male can get me any further in life than girl or any other race or gender.This may be true for me back

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