The population of Osage is about 98% Caucasian. They knew that their children were not going to have much exposure to diversity. Growing up there is no doubt that I took my race for granted. Looking back this would be a good time to identify white privilege. In Peggy McIntosh’s piece: “White Privilege” she says it is important for everyone to identify our privileges. I had the opportunity to be in the company of people of my own race. As a small child I was oblivious to discrimination and racism. I didn’t have one person of color in my classroom. Although racial segregation has decreased in the resent years there are still many cities have populations that are dominant towards one race. As Matthew Desmond claims in his piece “What is Racial Domination?” racial categories are place-specific. My town was predominantly white which made it hard for me to relate to the struggles of discrimination that people of color face. I was able to recognize the struggle of poor white families. But, I could not look at a poor black person because I have never witnessed discrimination among people of
The population of Osage is about 98% Caucasian. They knew that their children were not going to have much exposure to diversity. Growing up there is no doubt that I took my race for granted. Looking back this would be a good time to identify white privilege. In Peggy McIntosh’s piece: “White Privilege” she says it is important for everyone to identify our privileges. I had the opportunity to be in the company of people of my own race. As a small child I was oblivious to discrimination and racism. I didn’t have one person of color in my classroom. Although racial segregation has decreased in the resent years there are still many cities have populations that are dominant towards one race. As Matthew Desmond claims in his piece “What is Racial Domination?” racial categories are place-specific. My town was predominantly white which made it hard for me to relate to the struggles of discrimination that people of color face. I was able to recognize the struggle of poor white families. But, I could not look at a poor black person because I have never witnessed discrimination among people of