Privilege: "Is to have things granted with out having to work for it."
I feel privileged to have been raised in a house hold that encouraged creative expression over academics. I had the privilege of being exposed to music, language, culture, and art in my childhood. These privileges allowed me to expand my knowledge of other cultures, customs and philosophies. Being exposed to all this sparked my interest in history, sociology, anthropology and the arts. A strong sense of self was instilled in me by my elders and I am privileged to have been abel to hear them and absorb their words into the fabric of who I am. I have a rich culture of jazz, blues, dance, and history...I am privileged to be black.
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ReplyDeleteEdwin Peabody
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In my opinion, the definition of privilege is to be favored or born into favoritism. Privilege people hardly worked for anything. Privilege people are rewarded great opportunities based on family history, race, age, wealth, and etcetera. The privilege are almost always entitled to something with out working for it.
Gabriel Gipson
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To me, privileges gives a selected few an upper-hand over the rest. In some cases, privileges are not just given to people by race or class, sometimes privileges are given to us just because of who we know . I know privileges exist, but i do not think it has as much of an influence on our lives as much as we think.
Ricardo Campos
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In the film “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible” they took their definition of privilege and took it to a next level by saying you are given race privileges. They talked about how some races where more privileged then others. For example a white woman was leaving for a weekend and her black male friend was going to take care of the house. She then had to go explain to her other neighbors that there would be a black male taking care of her house so they won’t be “alerted” to take any sort of action. Her daughter then asked why she needed to explain herself to the neighbors for her friend but when she took care of the neighbor’s cat she didn’t have to explain herself. Her then said “we are white privileged.” Another idea they talked about in the film was how this white girl wanted was in college and she saw a black revolutionary group that she wanted to join to help promote equality. She then went to ask If she can join their group to promote equality the man followed by saying “you need to educate your own people.” In addition a whit girl who grew up in a foreign country where she had no problem with seeing people of color. Everything was different when she moved to Texas her world was looked at differently by how she saw white people like her act differently towards people of color unlike how in the foreign country she lived in there where no problems with color.
I define privilege as something that we all own since the day we were born, but it can also be taken away by someone that's either more powerful or more educated then the other. Privilege can be gain or lost depending on the person that's either rich or poor.
ReplyDeletePrivilege to me means someone or something is chosen or liked aboved something else and it leads to them having more freedoms because they are favored.
ReplyDeleteBinh Nguyen
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Privilege to me means to have an opportunity to do something that others can't. For example in the U.S. we have education, but outside the country others would die to go to school. In some parts of the world education is not a option because they just don't have money or the government to provide education. So I feel very privileged to have a chance to go to school and be educated.