White Privilege: Video Analysis

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White privilege is something that many of us who are Caucasian don’t understand because in most cases we are the majority of the population and not a minority like many others from different cultures and different races. Like in the video the woman says she will never have to teach her child how to look for cultural competence in knowing that they are in many cases different and looked at different because of there race and culture. My point of view on white privilege is about the same as what it was prior to watching this video because I understood prior to the video that people of different races and cultures are often placed into situations and scenarios that many Caucasian have never had to deal with it or will ever have to deal with in …show more content…

I can remember going to school and him being very judgmental towards others and telling us “to watch who our friends where” which was his way of saying make sure you are only friends with your own culture. I can remember wanting to be friends with those who were different from me in grade school however because of my father I felt that I couldn’t because I was disobeying him. One event in particular was in the third grade when a African American student moved into town and the home room teacher paired us together to be study partners all year. It was something I hated for the longest time most of the time I spent putting him down or not helping he at all and only worrying about myself because being as senseless as I was then in my own messed up reality I thought I was acting how I should. Finally one day came when I set back and thought why do I not like this kid he’s done nothing to me yet I have treated him horribly since day one. I remember coming to the realization that this kid is not bad he’s not out to get me and just because he’s different doesn’t mean he just be looked at or treated any differently then how I am or how I treat any of my other

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