Privileges Of Whiteness

The term Whiteness is defined as a defined set of experiences or certain characteristics or personality traits that are attached to the white race and skin colour as a whole. In places with a majority or large amount of white people this term whiteness would just be a noun for the norm or native. This in comparison to other minority groups such as Black, Asian, and Hispanic would be considered the minorities. As talked about in many threads and books I have looked into online it seems that this term whiteness comes down to the skin itself more than how people act or talk. With whiteness, some believe there are privileges that come along with this territory that date back hundreds of years ago to even modern day. The term whiteness to me refers …show more content…
Whiteness is just other words for being the majority of a certain race and with that comes along with privileges and the idea of being accepted. You can try to act “more white” but the true fact is whiteness is something that you inherited and that is if you like it or not. There is no class structure where you can climb through in order to achieve the label known as whiteness and that is why it is such a broad but confusing topic. In my opinion when you here the term whiteness you think of a white collar European decent male who makes a six figure salary. But when you dig down into the root of it that is not really the case. There are plenty of white people who are not well off and educated but are still categorized as being part of what we know as whiteness. The term whiteness is almost directly linked to the word privileged. I think this is because it roots back not to the modern day world of how we are privilege but so much as the later periods when slavery was around a the immigration of many groups started to occur in America. When white people started to migrate to America they had first dibs on land, voted on how this …show more content…
I think that white people today are so afraid of being labelled a racist and being looked at as more privileged than the minority races. In Today’s day and age white people at the moment are being looked at very carefully and critically. For example many white cops at the moment are being targeted by some of the black community for some instances that have occurred within the last five years that have to do with police brutality. Although many people do not realise that there is black on Black Death involving the police than white on black deaths or vice versa. The media in my opinion does not help unite whites with minorities but instead they divide them, this all for media attention and revenue. Although some may not face this issue there is some reverse discrimination that goes on because of the past involving how the whites treated the minorities in the past. One I can think of that I have experienced first-hand has to do with the NYPD exams. If you are a minority are take the exam you are granted extra points then if you were to be white. This sets you at a higher tier which speeds up the process of you getting the job and allows a greater odd for you to be called then the white guy who may have scored higher then you or the same. This is where I see an issue I feel that your race should not