Monday, November 28, 2016
Blog Post #6
It's really eye opening for me to notice where I have privilege and where I do not. In my high school in a Middle Eastern county, I was very similar to most of my friends and did not need to even think about privilege. In America though, where caucasians are the most predominant of races, my difference in privilege is more obvious. Being a person of color in America, it really fascinates me how color can affect so many aspects of a person's life, as listed by Mcintosh. Scalzi's essay is also very powerful, in the way that it simplifies the idea of privilege. When he mentions that there is no reward for playing a 'higher difficulty setting' in the game of life, it's kind of haunting. How many opportunities will people of lower privilege be declined of due to their race or sex? I am intrigued by the idea of privilege, and am thinking about it now more than I ever have.
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Hi Sakina,
ReplyDeleteI think this post is extremely interesting and very brave of you to write. I think you have a perspective that many people do not. If your comfortable with it, I would love to hear more about how you feel your transition from the Middle East to America has gone. I really admire your bravery and how far away you are from your old home.
Hi Sakina,
ReplyDeleteI completely understand where you're coming from as I have never felt the need to think about privilege in the context which McIntosh writes about either. Being surrounded by only Indians back home, the only kind of privilege I was acquainted with, was of the financial and economic sort. I was and I am still aware of my financial privilege in comparison with the million Indian children who have no idea of what an adequate education is. However, reading about social privilege, in this case, white privilege was an intriguing experience as you mentioned because the class of women I represent in this country is now the minority, unlike before.