White Privilege In Diangelo And Mclntosh

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I believe in what these author trying to tell us that people have a different way of seeing what a “White Privilege” is and how it can affect a person to see it in a racist way. I do believe that social media is one of the reasons why kids grow up to be ignorant and racist. Social media change the perception of what race really is, and that race does not have to be different. We all bleed in the same color, and that no race is above other. After reading DiAngelo and Mclntosh, I don’t think that white privilege exist anymore, and DiAngelo is the proved. When people think of white privilege, they mean that all white have that “special” privilege. DiAngelo is white but never had that white privilege. She was poor and had to work hard to achievement

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