Monday, April 7, 2008

Tim Wise

Premise:

-race
-minorities
-priviledge
-real action
-income/money
-opportunity
-cause and effects
-invisibleness
-treatment
-differences

Authors Argument:

Wise argues that white people have always been priviledged so they do not see the inequalities that others have. The ideas white people have are ingraved into them that they do not even rocognize the racism around them.He also believes that the progam of affermative action we have now is only furthur benefitting whites, not truely helping the problem.

Evidence:

-“privilege, to us, is like water to the fish: invisible precisely because we can not imagine life without it.”
-"We strike the pose of self-sufficiency while ignoring the advantages we have been afforded in every realm of activity: housing, education, employment, criminal justice, politics, banking, and business."
- “White families , on average, have a net worth that is 11 times the net worth of black families, according to a recent study; and this gap remains substantial even when only comparing families of like size, composition, education, and income status.”

Comments:

I really enjoyed this article. It was easy to read and it really opened my eyes. Whites get priviledges everyday, but blacks only get a few and the few they do get, people complain about. Another thing i like about the article is how anyone can relate to it. Everything in the srticle i backed up with substancial evidence which makes it even more eye opening.

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