White Privilege

Hey guys!
Seems like this is the only we can communicate since class has been canceled and we haven't seen each other! This past week we learned about white privilege and the power it has within white people. Everyday, unconsciously, white people express their power in daily activities because unconsciously they know they are the supreme race. But, who can really blame them when their background history showed nothing but dominance over other races. It is as if whites see their privilege as something invisible that they are never really supposed to know they do have dominance still in today's time period. Tim Wise who wrote of the articles we read last week "A look at the Myth of reverse racism" does many speeches on racism and inequality. Here is a clip from one of his speeches on white privilege and how it came to be, you are more than welcome to watch the entire hour of his speech. The link to hour long speech is available underneath the video clip once on the page. He is very moving and very into his speeches which automatically makes you want to listen up and hear what he has to say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-eNS_UCh9A

Why is it though that white people still feel this privilege today? Aren't we supposed to have already been past this racism issue today in the 21st century? So many questions that are so hard to answer. It is as if racism will never end until people find racism in their consciousness instead of always having it in their unconscious state. Some people think if you are even slightly aware of someones skin color you are automatically racist. That is not the issue here of course we notice skin color! It is being unaware of what a certain race can bring to society and thinking negatively of their race that is the issue here. We need to learn to love other races and their culture to rid of racism and until then it will always exist. However it is hard to think that racism wont exist one day because it has always been an issue. Do you think racism will one day be gone?

Here is another clip, this one is a little more fun because it is a song my Macklemore a very popular white artist in today's music industry. The song is called White Privilege, enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdVRlM-kSx8