White Privilege Effects On Racism

White Supremacy and Privilege Effects People of Color
People of Color in the United States struggle to navigate through a society dominated by White supremacy. Racism is almost ignored on a daily basis because of how ingrained it is into American society. Internal and external consequences how been proven to affect people of Color when they live in a society where white supremacy is normalized and being a person of Color is seen as being inferior. In the United States, white people have structured society in a way that solely benefits them, but leave people of Color feeling disenfranchised. Though these results are not unusual considering the fact that being non-white in America means having to deal with oppression in the form of racism, and having opportunities taken away for just being born into the “wrong” racial group. While there are Americans, though usually they belong to the dominate group, who are reluctant to believe that white supremacy even exist and that racism is one of its products. Although when looking at statistics in every institution in the United States there is a noticeable pattern …show more content…
Some white people believe that if they never said a racist slur or burn a cross in anyone yards then they do not benefit from the oppression of people of Color. What few white people understand is that their privilege stays with them as long as people of Color are being subjugated. Racism is a whole system and in deeply a part of society in the United States and that does not change because one white person decides not to be racist. Although is not the only harmful idea white people have about privilege. Another misconception is that being privileged makes one feel powerful. This is not always the case because having privilege does not mean white people have automatically perfect lives. It just means that racism will not be something they have to