Privilege And Capitalism

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Capitalism and systems of privilege are complicated: The following statements stood out to me in this chapter: “Part of such feelings (negative) comes from the misconception that privilege is something that is just about individuals.” “…each particular form of privilege is part of a much larger system of privilege.” “…once we see that each form of privilege exists in relation to all the rest, we can stop the fruitless habit of trying to figure out which is the worst or most oppressive.” Privilege is not about the individual, it definitely is more complicated than what I thought was initially suggested in the text. I do not think everything can ever be equal or fair. The world and humans just do not work that way. We are imperfect and selfish …show more content…

As a Christian I am commanded by God: “…37And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38"This is the great and foremost commandment. 39"The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'…” (Matthew 22:37-39). Furthermore, I believe racism, privilege, and domination are really about selfishness and pride. If my neighbor is everyone but me, and I love my neighbor as myself, the problem is …show more content…

It is there and always will be. It does not matter the race, gender, or lifestyle. I do not believe I understood it correctly with the authors approach in the book. Therefore, the TED Talk really helped me not see privilege as positive or negative, it just is. Justin Ford did an excellent job delivering a more clear explanation of privilege for me. In every culture and with every group of people I believe it exists. If you have humans you will have privilege of some nature. I do believe that you can be privileged and unprivileged at the same time. This is where it gets complicated and I now see it differently. In the previous chapter I probably acted defensive because I did feel or see that you can have privilege and be unprivileged also. This chapter and especially the video clarified this and neutralized my attitude. I am still not sure why we use that word when it tends to polarize people and actually emphasize what we are trying to diminish. The authors last sentence in the chapter “We won’t get rid of racism, in other words, without doing something about sexism and classism, because the system that produces the one also produces the others and connects them”. I just do not know if I agree with the author, for me it is all about pride. Pride has nothing to do with race, class, or

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