Understanding Privilege on the base of race and gender

This author Peggy McIntosh argues that the privilege for white people is never taught to be disruptive for others. She states that "I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege". The idea that men and white people have this privilege that sets them up to do better than other races and people of other genders.  

 

“My schooling gave me no training in seeing myself as an oppressor, as an unfairly advantaged person, or as a participant in a damaged culture.”  

McIntosh considers her educators were at fault for encouraging her to continue to live her life of lavish and values. There is a social injustice carried throughout people’s lives and schools are not teaching their kids to help lower the oppressive behavior to then become extinct.  

“My schooling followed the pattern my colleague Elizabeth Minnich has pointed out: whites are taught to think of their lives as morally neutral, normative, and average, and also ideal, so that when we work to benefit others, this is seen as work that will allow "them" to be more like "us.": 

That is a huge problem. This quote explains the problem begins very early in a child’s educational careers. White people are not what other races should try and act like. It is not a role model for others. Yet, we (POC) try and achieve higher ranks to become average or neutral. White people are taught they are not in a “good” or “bad” position, they will always be fine.   

Johnson had said, “People don't want to look because they don't want to know what it has to do with them and how doing something about it might change not only the world but themselves” (12). I believe this connects solely to McIntosh’s idea of learning this system of privilege and not wanting to step out of their comfort zones.  

Kevin Roose explains the All Lives Matter rant is simply a rant for people that are privileged. he explains all lives matter, but the pressing issue is that black lives are endangered and have been more than the other “lives”.  

“The real issue is that, while strictly true, "All Lives Matter" is a tone-deaf slogan that distracts from the real problems black people in America face”, Roose agrees that the statement itself is right, but the reasoning is flat out WRONG. People want to make it seem like everyone else has it as bad, no they do not. My black boyfriend has been pulled over more than a dozen times and his driving record is very clean. He simply gets pulled over because of his skin color, he is a dark-skinned Dominican man. Police have told him to step out of the car and searched him for drugs or a gun. I as an Indian woman have never had an issue like this. Black lives deserve fair and equal rights.