A review of “The original sin of white privilege”
Margaret Wente’s article from The Globe and Mail that published on May 27, 2017, “The original sin of white privilege,” successfully informs people about the information of white privilege in Canada. Wente seems to be disagreeing with white privilege curriculum and providing some information implies that the white privilege curriculum is outdated, confusing, and unnecessary. Although author Margaret Wente focus on the group of reader, provides excellent information and resources that relate to its topic, plus the overall article seems to be linked together, but the lack of explanation confuses the readers and makes the essay seems not well-focused, along with the combination of the lack of clarity …show more content…
The example of lack of clarity will be on paragraph 2 and 7. On paragraph 2, author is showing different examples of the test questions while the last sentence of the previous paragraph is about discussion, “the students were asked to line up in order...discuss the impact of white privilege on their lives,”(paragraph 1) meanwhile paragraph 3 is about the curriculum and teaching training, so author’s intention of adding paragraph 2 seems to be unclear. On paragraph 7, author’s intention on providing this is also unclear, because on paragraph 6, it is the discussion, and paragraph 8, it is about the school, but paragraph 7 is about the background information of a person. The two examples above is also due to the lack of explanation, if author gives more explanation on them then it is possible that it will be more clear. As a result, after finishing paragraph 7, the readers are unsure about why author provides these information why these paragraphs are coming up in such orders, but after paragraph 7, Wente re-mentions the a critical word “white privilege” on paragraph 8 that takes the readers back to focus because it is a word from the topic, and when the time that readers are following up and expecting to see a whole clear argument, paragraph 11 and 12 slap readers’ face with black-and-white thinking. On paragraph 11 and 12, author seems to be very emotional and try to
Margaret Wente’s article from The Globe and Mail that published on May 27, 2017, “The original sin of white privilege,” successfully informs people about the information of white privilege in Canada. Wente seems to be disagreeing with white privilege curriculum and providing some information implies that the white privilege curriculum is outdated, confusing, and unnecessary. Although author Margaret Wente focus on the group of reader, provides excellent information and resources that relate to its topic, plus the overall article seems to be linked together, but the lack of explanation confuses the readers and makes the essay seems not well-focused, along with the combination of the lack of clarity …show more content…
The example of lack of clarity will be on paragraph 2 and 7. On paragraph 2, author is showing different examples of the test questions while the last sentence of the previous paragraph is about discussion, “the students were asked to line up in order...discuss the impact of white privilege on their lives,”(paragraph 1) meanwhile paragraph 3 is about the curriculum and teaching training, so author’s intention of adding paragraph 2 seems to be unclear. On paragraph 7, author’s intention on providing this is also unclear, because on paragraph 6, it is the discussion, and paragraph 8, it is about the school, but paragraph 7 is about the background information of a person. The two examples above is also due to the lack of explanation, if author gives more explanation on them then it is possible that it will be more clear. As a result, after finishing paragraph 7, the readers are unsure about why author provides these information why these paragraphs are coming up in such orders, but after paragraph 7, Wente re-mentions the a critical word “white privilege” on paragraph 8 that takes the readers back to focus because it is a word from the topic, and when the time that readers are following up and expecting to see a whole clear argument, paragraph 11 and 12 slap readers’ face with black-and-white thinking. On paragraph 11 and 12, author seems to be very emotional and try to