White Privilege by McIntosh Talking Points 1

Privileged people seem to live life easier than other unprivileged people in today's society. They have the big houses, nice clothes, fancy cars, and a lot of wonderful stuff. The unprivileged people are always looked down upon as like they don't exist. They get made fun of for what they wear, what house they live in, what kind of car they have, the section of a state they live in, and many other things that happen to unfortunate people. Leaving black and white totally out of this privileged people don't usually appreciate what they have until it is completely gone and if something is given to a unprivileged person they will appreciate it for the longest time. Now in McIntosh's article she describes it from a black vs white role. White people tend to be safer, afford nice things, and are able to go basically anywhere and not get hurt. Not to be racist here but when people watch the news everyday we all barely hear of any white person getting hurt either by violence or another course of action.

The three quotes that help me with this article actually came from the beginning because it help me read and understand the article.

"I realized that, since hierarchies in our society are interlocking, there is most likely a phenomenon of white privilege that was similarly denied and protected."

I believe this quote means there are so many white privileged people out there our society just losses sight over less black unfortunate families. Also, we can see this kind of thing all over the media.

"I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege."

I like this quote in a few ways. It describes the males shouldn't brag about what they can opposed to what women can't do. Also, it describes what white privileged people shouldn't go around bragging how great they have opposed to a less unfortunate person who works 3 jobs just to put food on their families table.



"have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets that I can count on cashing in each day, but about which I was "meant" to remain oblivious."

I believe this one means going back to what I said about appreciation for what privileged people have. Sure a privileged person can have all the wonders of the world because they can all afford things, and if decide to get rid of it, they wouldn't care because they know they can just go out there and get it again. Also when it comes to eating daily meals privileged people can push it aside and not worry about till the next day. There are people out there who don't even eat meals everyday, but if they do get food offered to them they will eat it and appreciate it.

In conclusion, I think if people would just learn on how to handle there ownsleves there would be less hate in the world about what people have and what they do. I know i was never brought to make fun of people for what they don't have, but I did learn to appreciate all of the wonderful things I do have because I know there are many people out there without homes, food, cars, and many other things that most of us have in our own environments.