I enjoyed watching this documentary “White Like Me”, by Tim Wise. What I found most surprising was the fact that Tim Wise was a white male and was the individual in the film talking about the discrimination people of color receive. There were a few other things that surprised me, like the fact that there […]
Although there is a recent increase in the number of non-white students that attend university in the UK, white students are more likely to attend elite universities and to continue with their postgraduate studies. This stems from the policy-driven restrictions that affect every aspect of a person of colour’s life from the moment they are […]
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Get startedMany people say that race is not a “thing” and that they see “no color.” Personally, that just makes you ignorant. How could you say you see no color, when every day black people are being convicted of crimes that they did not do and being treated poorly simply because of the color of their […]
All over the world, there are societal barriers which restrict marginalized people from living happy, successful lives, and their level of safety in their own neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries. Some of these barriers have impacted my life, such as my disability, my mental health, my queerness, and my sex and presumed gender. Other barriers, […]
In the United States, 72.4% percent of the population is Caucasian and 12.6% are African American, as found on worldpopulationreview.com. The difference between the two percentages is 59.8%. But why is this information useful, you may ask? Well, because African Americans are often oppressed by their white counterparts. We see news about African Americans being […]
All over the U.S. there are people from all different backgrounds and all are being exposed to discussions about there race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and their culture. Now a day we cant allow to have these tough conversations to be ignored (Boland/Hemmler). Its hard for kids now a day to feel comfortable in […]
As of December of 2018, society has seen an outburst of discrimination claims among the various minority groups. Let’s leave aside for a moment the fact that we just had eight years where the most powerful man in the world was a black man and that during the first two years of presidency, the Democratic […]
Introduction This research paper, will be based on the concept of white privilege in mainly the educational sector and investigate whether it truly is the cause of much of the inequality and social issues faced in South Africa such as black poverty and high black unemployment . Secondary and primary material will be gathered from […]
Evaluation of sources: Source A Origins: Source A is a primary source and was published online on the 12th of February 2017, on News 24 by City Press which is a well-known media, news outlet in South Africa under a journalist\writer by the name Theo Mapheto who is a youth activist and attorney based in […]
Source G Origins: Source G is a primary source, published online by writer Kalwant Bhopala is a professor of Education and Social Justice at the university of Birmingham and was recently appointed visiting professor at Harvard university and is even an author of the book, the myth of a post racial society platform impact of […]
Analysis and interpretation of findings Topic (Question): Does white privilege act as a catalysts in the inequality we see today in South Africa? Introduction: in the following essay the concept of white privilege will be investigated on the bases of whether it is the cause of much of the inequality seen today in South Africa’s. […]
Source I The article talks about a white individual who basically explains he was born into a white family during the Apartheid era, which ensued in him becoming a recipient of white inherited privilege. This allowed him to receive an excellent education. But that he has not been capable to accumulate wealth or own land. […]
The racial contract makes white moral psychology transparent as it gives the illusion of color blindness that is covered up by white privilege, its creation is to permit whites to oppress and exploit non-whites, violating their own moral ideals in dealing with non-whites and claiming it to be a norm to do so. They see […]
Privilege can be defined as a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group (Oxford Dictionaries). Most people learn what privilege is at a young age. For example, most kids in elementary school learned that riding the school bus is a privilege and this privilege could be taken […]
Privilege is an uncomfortable topic for Americans at the top of their social groups. Our cultural mythology paints the founding fathers as bastions of freedom and equality, and as such, equality of opportunity is something we like to claim among our values. However, bias is a long-held American tradition, stratifying our society into groups based […]
Throughout the history of the United States there has been suppression of blacks with slavery and racism, but now there is no slavery and black white, and every other minority has the same rights. People still want to blame the white community for everything bad that happens to them. People say that white people have […]
Is it something that you must earn, or is it automatically given to you based upon your race? Perhaps, it could be something that someone else condones as right. In her narrative, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh gives some interesting points of the treatment that people with white skin can expect and […]
White privilege exists in our country till this day, whether or not you want to talk about it, there is an a issue to be justified for. America, the land of the free, is not so free when you are engaged with problematic situations and restrictions in life due to the judgment over one’s skin […]
As indicated by W.E.B Dubois, the issue of the twentieth century is the issue of the “color line” which prompted his ideas of life behind the “veil of race” and the subsequent “double consciousness”, this feeling of continually taking a gander at one’s self through the eyes of others,” have moved toward becoming touchstones for […]
The Other Wes Moore is a non-fiction story that chronicles the lives of two young African-American men that share the same name: Wes Moore. The story compares and contrasts the lives and decisions of the two men and brings to light the social factors that drove them to have completely different lives. The book begs […]
