Week 4 discussion #2

When I think of “white men of privilege” or “ White Privilege” is a term many Americans understand and have opinions about. I am from a mixed family and I have seen the effects of the privilege and the non-privileged. I do agree with the concept because when a person looks at another person they identify them initially with Race and Gender. So my experience is very different because I have seen both parts of the cultural phenomenon. Many people in this area may not believe or want to believe this style of treatment or action is true but it certainly is. The White privilege to me is being judged before you are met. White is trustworthy, familiar and harmless, Black is strange, unfamiliar and untrustworthy. I don't create the statistics on Black families being rejected for positions of power and denied loans for homes. I also did not create the Civil Rights Act that purposely denies White applicants into schools because they are seen as privileged. Are either of these two actions right, no but this is reality. The fact is that in the south people still judge you on color first, sex second then qualifications last. My mother never accepted the fact that she received a different level of acceptance til she witnessed her children receive the opposite. We had all went to the store to look for household goods and I had stopped to ask someone for help. The clerk did not know the white woman near me was my mother and she told me “The tape is over there and pointed and walked away.” My mother instantly walked up to the same lady moments later and asked the same question and the clerk replied “Its right this way ma’am follow me.” My mom instantly asked the lady why she blew off her son and why she received different service and the girl turned white and couldn't answer the question. Since then my mom realized that people do see color first.