White_Privilege

White Privilege Cultural Anthropology White Privilege… I Don’t Think So! Mr. Colin Powell Chief of Staff Black Male Ms. Condoleeza Rice National Security Advisor Black Female Mr. David Satcher Surgeon General Black Male Ms. Antonia Novello ex. Surgeon General Hispanic Female Mr. Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court Justice Black Male - deceased Mr. Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice Black Male Ms. Sandra Day O’Connor Supreme Court Justice White Female Ms. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice White Female Mr. R.J. Reynolds CEO Top Fortune 500 Co. Black Male- deceased Mr. Andrew Young U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Black Male America, being initially a British colony, will of coarse have a “white” history. In the days of slavery, the term “white privilege”, I am sure, had a true basis in everyday life. But can the term “white privilege” or even “male privilege” be used today to describe social subconscious thought' Perhaps it is my “white male denial syndrome” but I don’t think so. In an essay entitled “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”, Peggy McIntosh goes on to list many items in her argument of white privilege. The root of her premise is that being a white person elicits subconscious advantages in society. Also, the white segment of society, especially the male portion, subconsciously oppresses all others. In my opinion it is people like this, with lists like hers, that continue the racial and gender divide. They need white, male, privilege, music, person, black, time, now, mr, court, true, sure, skin, shop, racial, power, one, ms, find, female, come, color, , tone, today, think, term, subconscious, staple, society, social, slavery, same, represented, race, positions