White Privilege

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Privilege is another name of freedom. Everyone wants freedom, but not everyone gets it. People work day and night, fight with the world to get the privilege. However, at times this privilege proves harmful for the human. Since the ancient days, men possessed privilege over women. A lot of movements from feminist took place in the past, but the reality is, men are still dominating the world. Men do not want to talk about their privilege. Besides, men privilege which is quite acceptable by our society, there exists another privilege called white privilege. White privilege is difficult to combat as white people do not want to talk about it. Also, they do not find or observe this privilege ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"NeR7wclZ","properties":{"formattedCitation":"({\\i{}Huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---White-Privilege-Essay-Mcintosh.Pdf})","plainCitation":"(Huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---White-Privilege-Essay-Mcintosh.Pdf)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":143,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/mlRB1JqV/items/3P2V7E6D"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/mlRB1JqV/items/3P2V7E6D"],"itemData":{"id":143,"type":"article","title":"huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---white-privilege-essay-mcintosh.pdf","URL":"http://www.docs.writing4money.com/uploads/orders/huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---white-privilege-essay-mcintosh.pdf","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",3,19]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---White-Privilege-Essay-Mcintosh.Pdf). For them, everything is balanced. The main argument is that white people are doing almost nothing for racism, a disease which can kill the whole society. Without the initiatives taken by white people, racism cannot be eliminated from society.

An incidence of racism was recorded in America where nineteen workers filed a lawsuit against the employer. The owner of United Parcel Service facility and some of the higher management were involved in encouraging the culture of racism. The employees who were black claimed that they had been humiliated by the managers and management of the company. They hung two noses and monkey dresser above their desks — this latest news indicating the contemporary mentality of the American. White privilege enables them to humiliate and harass minorities.

White people have learned another context of white privilege. They see racism as an act which creates a disadvantage for the others. They do not see racism as the advantage that they are getting because of their white color. Therefore, white privilege is like an unearned asset which they can freely use without the fear of being finished. The white privilege starts directly from the school. White children get much more advantage than the other children. Unknowingly, schooling makes an innocent white child as an oppressor. When this child passes the school and enters into the college life or professional life, he already becomes a grown up with white privilege as an invisible weightless Knapsack. The news of lawsuit is the example as the oppressors are not only the white people, but they are highly educated, working on the higher posts. This case raises the question over the educational system of America. Education is necessary to develop a good personality of the children, but cases like the United Parcel Service facility shows the failure of the educational system.

Another aspect of the racism that people easily justify is predominantly religious personalities or white churches. White church's religious personalities do not find anything to talk about racism with their people. They believe that unless people do not perform any racist action, there is no need to highlight the issue. Therefore, it can be estimated that for white churches, racism is the act which gives harm to others. As common people, they also do not see anything wrong in the privilege or dominance of white people over other race and religion. A lot of myths have been developed to justify white privilege. The first one is the most crucial that is "racism is not our problem." The religious people follow this myth and believe that their community which has strong faith in Christ cannot be a racist. However, the reality is people may have strong faith. They may not perform any racist crime. Still, they can be a racist through their nature of being dominant and getting an advantage through their moral will. Therefore, religious personalities who can do a lot for the elimination of racism from society are not ready to see racism within the positive attitude of the white people ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"9JVUK9zz","properties":{"formattedCitation":"({\\i{}Huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---White.Pdf})","plainCitation":"(Huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---White.Pdf)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":142,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/mlRB1JqV/items/HTYPDKAQ"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/mlRB1JqV/items/HTYPDKAQ"],"itemData":{"id":142,"type":"article","title":"huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---white.pdf","URL":"http://www.docs.writing4money.com/uploads/orders/huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---white.pdf","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",3,19]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Huq33aihujro2o8hmk6o3u3ru3---White.Pdf). They link racism from the bad deed or acts casting negative impacts. These personalities can highlight the role of racism from the positive frame of life. For instance, a white person can go anywhere to the country and live freely then why not the Latina or Asian can move freely within the country. It's been years, white people have benefited from the social and religious personalities are directly or indirectly justifying their people.

The situation where white privilege is becoming the part of society, and white people are doing nothing for it, black people or people from other race should take the step. It is not necessary to get your rights through violence; peaceful strategies can also bring revolutions. The main problem with the races other than white people is they do not understand their rights and moral values. In many past incidents happened where white privilege caused the hurdles and problems for other people like discrimination and hate crime. Still, people do not raise their voices. The sad reality is that they prefer not to raise voice against oppression. With so many white privileges, people have made their mind as white privilege is the natural phenomena. They have the right to dominate society. No one can get a change unless he wants a change. The mentality of the people is accepting the fact of white privilege and people from other communities are adjusting themselves in the society of damaged culture. When a child sees a society with low moral values, fewer opportunities, and discrimination, as a permanent practice, he would grow up with the same practices. With time white child adopts his privilege, and other children get used to the injustice from the society. This is a detrimental practice because no one will be leaving their privilege unless the people who deserve a balanced life raise their voice. Many cases of racism do not come into the account because people hide them and feel fear to talk about it. They feel oppressed and helpless but as the lawsuit case of United Parcel Service facility indicates that minorities are getting awareness about their moral values and rights, but the behavior and attitude of white people are still questionable.

Another adverse impact of racism can be noticed in law enforcement. The law enforcement institute declares racism as a crime and against the law. Still, in many ways laws are enabling the culture of racism. Lastly, the role of technology is vital for the betterment of the society. With the advancement in technology, no incidence of racism can be hidden from the eye of the people. News channels have more freedom than before, and they are covering the issue of racism very positively. Especially the social media platforms where videos of policemen killing black people and white persons beating black people get viral within hours. When more people get involved and know about the incidence, it pressurizes the law enforcement authority to take action ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"8u8Xw1Lc","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}Race, Religion And Confronting Majority Privilege\\uc0\\u8221{})","plainCitation":"(“Race, Religion And Confronting Majority Privilege”)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":144,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/mlRB1JqV/items/NKUZ4TAK"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/mlRB1JqV/items/NKUZ4TAK"],"itemData":{"id":144,"type":"webpage","title":"Race, Religion And Confronting Majority Privilege","container-title":"Americans United for Separation of Church and State","abstract":"Just before coming to Americans United, and after years of work in nonprofits, law, advocacy and coalition-building, I dedicated myself to learning about and working to dismantle racism and white privilege.","URL":"https://www.au.org/church-state/april-2018-church-state-magazine/perspective/race-religion-and-confronting-majority","language":"en","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",3,19]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“Race, Religion And Confronting Majority Privilege”).

Therefore, it can be concluded that racism is a crucial problem in America. The incidence of the United Parcel Service facility Company indicates that people in contemporary time are living with the old mentality. Racism cannot be eliminated from society unless white people take the initiative. The bottom line is that racism shows the weaknesses of the educational system, white churches, politics, and law enforcement institute. However, it is people who have to modify themselves then only the institutions and society will be able to change.

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