Hi readers, long time no see.
This past semester I took an American Studies course where I was able to continuously rant about the great inequalities still present in American society. During the course, one of my instructors handed out an article by Peggy McIntosh. Shocked is not the right word to explain my feelings while reading it, amazement is more likely to describe what I felt, due to the fact that I was glad that someone had written something concerning "White Privilege."
I do feel as though a great deal of the time, Americans in general tend to think that there is so much equality nowadays. They then proceed to compare present times to segregation prior to 1964 and then go as far as slavery. This really frustrates me. It's the answer that I would expect from a ten year old about racial equality. This article by Peggy demonstrates the obscured privileges of white over black. There are things that even I did not recognize prior to reading this article. So before you start calling me a pessimist of black equality and racist against white people, read this article. I'm not saying that this is as horrible as slavery or segregation laws, but I am saying that there is a veil shrouded over these problems, and instead of looking at it as a job well done, look at this issue as continuously evolving problem, one that needs addressing.
http://www.nymbp.org/reference/WhitePrivilege.pdf
