Analysis: We All Carry Baggage

We All Carry Baggage: Some More than Others Baggage may not be good, and it may not be bad but for most of us it has shaped our lives in one way or another. We all have different types of baggage, and some carry more baggage than others but to each of us, our baggage can get tiring dragging it around. Our baggage can cause us to believe predispositions about ourselves or others. We must understand one another, and the baggage we all carry, in order to understand why we think the way we do. Have you ever tried packing for a vacation, and you have a decent sized suitcase, but you don 't know what to bring so you end up overpacking and having to sit on the top of your bag in order to zipper it? That is the best description I can give you about what my baggage feels like. Sometimes I feel like my baggage weighs more than me, and in some cases even weighs me …show more content…
Although I am not racist myself, at least I try not to be, I still find myself at times avoiding a black male over a white male on the streets. I have grown up with these ideas that black people are bad, and I know that this isn 't entirely true to each black individual but the ideas never leave my brain. I understand that there are just as many “bad” white people as there are “bad” black people, yet I am still unconsciously “racist”. I would not even state that I am racist, I am more afraid than I am racist. I am more intimidated and afraid of a black male than a white male because of the thoughts I have grown up with in my house. As much as I believe in equality and fight for it, I am still a contributor to the problem of racism. The class textbook has taught me a lot about inequality and privilege, and while I have realized the privilege I have I feel as if it is a disadvantage in some situations. Being privileged in a non-privileged community can be frightening, especially in a young woman 's