White Privilege: Video Analysis

Privilege is a special right or advantage granted to a particular to a person or a group of people. Living in America and having the skin color of white is an advantage compared to other people of different skin color. White men have a higher privilege than white women though. Women don’t have the privilege for paid maternity leave in the United States except a few states. In the article I have supplied about maternity leave, it focuses on the dad’s long-term engagement with the child. This represents a huge privilege to men and not so much women as it should. We then have been talking about oppression, which is the state of being subject to unjust treatment or control. In the picture titled, “Inequality Systems”, there are many different types of oppression. Different types include racial, class, gender, sexual orientation, and many more. People of color vs. white people are the ones who are targeted, if you are poor, you become the target group, and if you are anything other than heterosexual you are considered the target group.
In the video “What Is Privilege” demonstrates what we …show more content…
In the brief history video I have pinned, it takes about the history of white privilege and how African Americans were treated and what they were used for. This video is interesting because it shows how privilege and oppression have begun and how it still pertains to different ethnicities. By it starting centuries ago, we are still seeing more white privilege. In the picture I have labeled “Racism” draws my attention. If Americans are racist to African Americans, it’s a huge deal but if they are racist to Americans, it isn’t shunned upon. They are allowed to have clubs specifically for only their race but if white people were to start a club, it wouldn’t be allowed. This is considered a privilege they have. Each individual despite their race or gender should have all the same privileges and oppression shouldn’t