Growing up in a small town, and graduating high school with a class of 24, I was never truly exposed to different races. I only ever experienced what I thought was the ideal perfect society. Women did their jobs which mainly consisted of teaching and men did theirs which was farming. The town’s population consisted of all white men, women, and their white children. Being from a small town had its positives, but it also put me in a sheltered area where I was not given the chance to see a different society and experience the different backgrounds that I would never see at home. Living in a society which has very little diversity within race, the first time I encountered a black person in my town was definitely outside of the norm. As I knew
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In the short story, “White Privilege” the author talks about white people not realizing all of the advantages they have over blacks all because of one small difference, their skin color (McIntosh, Peggy). Whites are given more job opportunities, they make more money, they receive a better education, and they are not looked at the way others look at blacks. Even white women and white men who are considered felons have a higher chance at getting a job than a black person. Many people today try to say that discrimination against blacks is getting better, when in fact, it is not. How could that be true when white women and white felons are looked at from a better perspective than a black man. I believe that the reason many would label my town as “racist” is because everyone is considered old fashioned and still thinking blacks do not belong and women being a step below …show more content…
Being a young white girl from a small town, I am expected to know everything about farms, guns and hunting, sports, trucks and tractors. But, if I was from a big city, I would be expected to know all about fashion, makeup, and expected to be a “girly girl”. These expectations relate to “Gender as a Structure” in regards to the belief that women behave in the expected way based on the society they live and the way they were taught the “correct” thing to do and way to act (Ferguson, Susan J). However, it is becoming more and more popular for girls to do whatever makes them happy, which may be acting like a guy or going along with the norm and acting like a
In the short story, “White Privilege” the author talks about white people not realizing all of the advantages they have over blacks all because of one small difference, their skin color (McIntosh, Peggy). Whites are given more job opportunities, they make more money, they receive a better education, and they are not looked at the way others look at blacks. Even white women and white men who are considered felons have a higher chance at getting a job than a black person. Many people today try to say that discrimination against blacks is getting better, when in fact, it is not. How could that be true when white women and white felons are looked at from a better perspective than a black man. I believe that the reason many would label my town as “racist” is because everyone is considered old fashioned and still thinking blacks do not belong and women being a step below …show more content…
Being a young white girl from a small town, I am expected to know everything about farms, guns and hunting, sports, trucks and tractors. But, if I was from a big city, I would be expected to know all about fashion, makeup, and expected to be a “girly girl”. These expectations relate to “Gender as a Structure” in regards to the belief that women behave in the expected way based on the society they live and the way they were taught the “correct” thing to do and way to act (Ferguson, Susan J). However, it is becoming more and more popular for girls to do whatever makes them happy, which may be acting like a guy or going along with the norm and acting like a