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Examples Of White Privilege In America

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The issue of race has been present in America's history since before slavery, and continues to be an issue in today’s society. The fight for equal rights between African Americans and white Americans is one that is dependent on the involvement of both parties. The two articles that I will be analyzing focus on the topic of white privilege in America and what it means. The everyday genre that I will be discussing is a Huffington Post article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, and an excerpt from a book written by Francis E. Kendall Ph.D. The structure of these articles are very similar in that they approach the topic by asking and answering questions. Hutcherson’s article is a response to a Facebook status posted by one of her friends. The status reads as “To all of my Black or mixed race FB friends, I must profess a blissful ignorance of this “White Privilege” of which I’m apparently guilty of possessing. By not being able to fully put myself in the shoes of someone from a background/race/religion/gender/ nationality/body type that differs from my own makes me part of the problem, according to what I’m now hearing...So that I may be enlightened, can you please share with me some examples of …show more content…

Throughout her response she makes it a point to show where she is disprivileged because of her race

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