The presentation we had in class on Thursday about culture made me think a lot about White privilege. We talked about how there are not a lot of Latinos that fill major roles in movies and television shows and how when there is a minority as a leading role they are often accompanied by someone of a similar racial and ethnic background never with someone different than themselves. I find that I never really thought about this dilemma and I would blame it on being an ignorant White person. I know that sounds bad but there are a lot of privileges I have only because of my race and I am never forced to realize them until I look at something that does not come as a privilege to those in minorities.
One aspect of myself that does not get me in the majority is my gender. Being a female puts me at many disadvantages to the male majority status. Many of these things we have already explored as a class such as differences in wages, the probability that I will ever reach a top CEO position, etc. I know I get angry thinking about how I would feel is someone attributed my driving to my gender, which happens to women all the time; I can't imagine how it would feel to be of several minorities and constantly having every aspect of my life attributed to the different minorities in which I belong. When I realize the privilege I have it makes me more aware of the struggles others are facing and it allows me to understand why they may be unhappy with the things happening to them.
I can honestly say that before this class I wasn't aware of the amount of people from other countries using skin whitening products. It makes sense though because as a country we are constantly trying to tan our skin and feel the need to be darker to be beautiful. It just reaffirms the point that no one is every happy with what they have. We are always constantly trying to change ourselves to fit in and can never just be. It's frustrating.
Until Next Time.
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