Not everyone is born lucky with privileges. There are certain people who are privileged, yet live their entire lives thinking that everything they have and own are necessities and essentialities not realizing that they are privileged. The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle gives a view into one specific type of privilege, white privilege. Boyle juxtaposes the lives of wealthy U.S. citizens with the lives of poor illegal Mexicans, thus the emphasis on white privilege. Privilege is indeed something that not all have and sometimes never obtain, but it is also something that exists in different forms and not only one type of it; there are different types of privilege. The Tortilla Curtain has a main focus on white privilege. Boyle compares
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We’d rather concentrate on all the ways in which hard work rewards people. This allows us to justify inequalities in society on the basis of merit (individual and group) instead of acknowledging the unearned privileges and disadvantages that accrue to individuals and groups based, usually, on the luck of birth” (Edwards, p.89).
It’s easier for everyone to just try harder and harder in order to win, rather than to take a step back and look at what is in their way obstructing their path, and acknowledge that it is not in everyone’s way. There is more equality now than there was in the 16th century regarding women, but there is one thing that still separates them, privileges. Men are more privileged in society all over the world than women are. Men are seen as the providers, the professionals, the heroes, the owners or they are simply seen as men. Compared to women, men will have a much easier time when it comes down to jobs. They will not be looked at with disappointment because they are the ones in control and must work hard to make a living and provide for their women and their family, while women are to stay at home and clean and cook and take care of the children. Men are privileged. According to society, men do a lot of hard work and need to be acknowledged. Their voices are always heard over women’s …show more content…
Instead, they are viewed as complex human beings who happen to be heterosexual,” (Edwards, p.88)
Heterosexuals can raise kids as married couples or just couples and even as single parents. Gays have a difficult time trying to adopt, and in some cases they are denied and are given the worst reason as to why they cannot adopt. Privileges are given to one when they are born. You do not get to choose what you want. There are several of white privileged people who do not acknowledge that they are privileged because then they will see themselves different when they rather see others different. Some even ignore the fact that they are white. There are social standards that must be met in order to in a specific social class. Every single social class has their own status and their own set of privileges. These cannot be interchanged and one can obtain more, but must acknowledge that they exist first. Women must always work harder than men in order for them to achieve a single bit of recognition. They work hard, but receive little to no credit for what they do. They are expected to basically do nothing and stay home obeying the man. Men are supposed to bring the money home and keep the family fed. Women’s voices are heard, but when put next to a man’s voice, they are treated as if they were nothing. LGBT people and the community itself has
We’d rather concentrate on all the ways in which hard work rewards people. This allows us to justify inequalities in society on the basis of merit (individual and group) instead of acknowledging the unearned privileges and disadvantages that accrue to individuals and groups based, usually, on the luck of birth” (Edwards, p.89).
It’s easier for everyone to just try harder and harder in order to win, rather than to take a step back and look at what is in their way obstructing their path, and acknowledge that it is not in everyone’s way. There is more equality now than there was in the 16th century regarding women, but there is one thing that still separates them, privileges. Men are more privileged in society all over the world than women are. Men are seen as the providers, the professionals, the heroes, the owners or they are simply seen as men. Compared to women, men will have a much easier time when it comes down to jobs. They will not be looked at with disappointment because they are the ones in control and must work hard to make a living and provide for their women and their family, while women are to stay at home and clean and cook and take care of the children. Men are privileged. According to society, men do a lot of hard work and need to be acknowledged. Their voices are always heard over women’s …show more content…
Instead, they are viewed as complex human beings who happen to be heterosexual,” (Edwards, p.88)
Heterosexuals can raise kids as married couples or just couples and even as single parents. Gays have a difficult time trying to adopt, and in some cases they are denied and are given the worst reason as to why they cannot adopt. Privileges are given to one when they are born. You do not get to choose what you want. There are several of white privileged people who do not acknowledge that they are privileged because then they will see themselves different when they rather see others different. Some even ignore the fact that they are white. There are social standards that must be met in order to in a specific social class. Every single social class has their own status and their own set of privileges. These cannot be interchanged and one can obtain more, but must acknowledge that they exist first. Women must always work harder than men in order for them to achieve a single bit of recognition. They work hard, but receive little to no credit for what they do. They are expected to basically do nothing and stay home obeying the man. Men are supposed to bring the money home and keep the family fed. Women’s voices are heard, but when put next to a man’s voice, they are treated as if they were nothing. LGBT people and the community itself has