The Pros And Cons Of Oppression Of Minority Groups

With being apart of a subdominant nothing comes easily, there is always a fight or a struggle which no other group experience but African Americans. In this group you are always judge by the color of our skin and not your capabilities or what we have to offer. Evidently, a substantial percentage of whites believe that most blacks are so violent in regards to the manner they deal with issues in life. In a strong sense, most blacks are always linked to cases of drug trafficking and robbery with violence that occurs in the neighborhoods (Leong, 2014). Ideally, most whites have always believed that the blacks do not have the ability and requisite potential to determine the quality performance of an organization. However, quite a number of whites believed that being white one has to have …show more content…
This perception is what is commonly termed as the “white privileges.” African Americans also use this same term because in our eyes whites do have more privileges. In addition, the American system of education enlightened me of the fact that ethnic background and racial disparity is not ideal for the betterment of a society. Hence, the oppression of the minority groups should not be conceptualized in terms of extermination or expulsion of the blacks. I count myself lucky to part of the subordination group on the basis that it would encourage me to sensitize the humanity on the social significance of race in regards to economic growth and development.
Growing up I was taught several ways to deal with oppression through the different struggles I faced. My mother taught me that I did not have to be a product of my environment that the dominant group created. My mother explained to me that I would attend a better school and get the same education as the dominant group,