Race and Ethnicity Essay

The list comprised in this article is unfortunately true and eye opening. many a(prenominal) discolor people are unaware of the natural vantages that are written here. They take it for granted thinking e actuallyone else is also entitled to these rights. Since I am not white, I can clearly see that these are privileges given to whites only. I can even say that I have never experience most of the things written in McIntoshs list. I disagree with many of these terms.The item on her list that I feel most strongly about is 10. Whether I use checks, credit cards or cash, I can count on my skin color not to work against the appearance of my fiscal reliability. volume should not relate others financial situation based on their skin color. That is very wrong.It has been engraved into peoples minds that all black people are on welfare or food stamps because they dont work. But that is not true. Just because someone is black does not implicate that they are poor and unable to support th emselves. If you are judged for walking into a high end hive away just because of your skin color, that is very unfair. Race and ethnicity does not have anything to do with someones financial reliability.Another that I think is unfair is 12. I can swear, or dress in insurgent hand clothes, or not answer letters, without having people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty, or the illiteracy of my race. For the said(prenominal) reason as the previous one, race should not be a factor in the ruling of others. McIntosh sees these are privileges for white only when in fact it should not be a privilege.Anything written on this list should be given to everyone, regardless of the race. I definitely agree with McIntosh that 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 which will allow them to be more like us.The idea of white privilege relates to the theme s of white power because it is giving whites an overall advantage in life. etiolate privilege also relates to the themes of white supremacy because it makes them more knock-down(a). Privilege is being of a favored state by birth or luck. If the things stated McIntosh is called privilege, then it is extremely misleading.The idea of white privilege makes them feel confident, comfortable, and oblivious on the other hand, other groups were likely being made unconfident, uncomfortable, and alienated. White power and white supremacy is all about making white people the most powerful and advantageous, white privilege also supports that.