Mcintosh's "White Privilege and Male Privilege" discusses the racsim and disenfranchisement of people other than white males. She begins by letting us know that the world works a certain way. No matter what there is a world of people who are segregated into groups and despite our best efforts to remain unbiased in our judgment of others that is just how society pushes us to be. Examples are given and the best example I read was that going to a bookstore you can find authors of your particular race grouped into what a supermarket would look like. I think of the example of aferican american literature. There is always a section for aferican american literature or there is always a section for women's literature. isn't it all just literature. Society has pushed us into certain societal "norms" and this has created a sense of privilege in many groups and in reverse has also made many people feel as though they are not properly represented.
Discussion questions
Do people stick to their" Water Cooler Group'? and why do they tend to be this way.
How often do we find our selves associating with people that are only like us and when we are with people like us how do we see the other groups?
Are people misrepresented in situations where there groups/culture/race/sex should be the one leading the conversation. And is there one group making all of the decisions for every other group?
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