tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886319698166855336.post4293768174083021805..comments2010-05-04T11:22:18.062-07:00Comments on BecauseJesusLovesMe: Unpacking the White KnapsackSabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10838755638998508622noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886319698166855336.post-61002468439598630962010-04-18T08:11:10.396-07:002010-04-18T08:11:10.396-07:00Dear Heather,
Okay, let me break it down one step...Dear Heather,<br /><br />Okay, let me break it down one step further for you.<br /><br />1. You may have grown up in the inner-city (and I don't know which so I can't comment on what this looks like), but you are no longer there. You have a choice to be in the inner city and then leave and be perceived as the majority. People of Color, no matter where they are, don't have the privilege of being able to leave a place and be perceived as different. We are always People of Color. That is your privilege as a White person.<br /><br />2. No matter where you are you are never the minority. You hold power and privilege when you go to the hospital or apply for college. When you look at tv your Race is represented widely. When you read a newspaper you will see your race represented. When you went to inner-city schools, history books still accredit most accomplishments and the historic moments to White people. when you go to the store you can pick pantyhouse in "nude" or "skin color" and it more or less matches. <br /><br />This is all White privilege. <br /><br />Look around. Open your eyes. For the next three days count how many Hispanics/Latin@s you see, African Americans, Asians, etc. COUNT how many you see on your favorite tv shows, your magazines, school books... THAT is White privilege. You may have felt like a minority in the inner city, but you were able to leave and no longer feel like the minority. The true minority population don't have that PRIVILEGE. They are minority all the time, everywhere.<br /><br />Does that help?Sabrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838755638998508622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886319698166855336.post-46325770611050422202010-04-17T22:06:47.783-07:002010-04-17T22:06:47.783-07:00I understand that this may be true for most people...I understand that this may be true for most people. But I grew up in the inner-city, so most of this was the opposite for me until I got to college. I am not in the same "white bubble" as many people are. In fact, I was a minority at one time. Thus, I would contend that it's not necessarily White Privilege, but the privilege of whoever is the majority in an area. Just my opinion from experience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072651149117087946noreply@blogger.com