Minority Groups
In the heavily networked world we live in, white dominance seems inexistent or to have significantly lessened. However, the fact remains that white supremacy is still in practice. As such, racism has taken an obscured form, with the white people always having an advantage over the other minority groups more so the black.
Similar to how male supremacy in our society is not acknowledged, people are in denial of white dominance. Besides, people have generally been taught to assume its existence and impact in promoting a calm state of racism. Considerably, the narrative has been integrated into our daily living and culture, such that it seems reasonable (McIntosh 1). In other words, being a white seems like an added advantage in social life, obtaining services, or seeking an audience from leadership in all aspects. Besides, the unearned asset promotes the classic stereotype that as well as having a benefit through skin color, the whites hold the highest administrative positions.
It is surprising that the notion of white privilege and racial discrimination still thrives in the modern world even amidst all the campaigns condemning it. What is more worrying is that we live in its denial or at least do not want to consider and confront it as it is. To this effect, we continuously learn about racism and even engage in strategies to lessen or end it, but somehow ignore the aspect of real opportunities that one derives by only being white. The white privilege as a concept reflects racism but in a justified perception that promotes meritocracy discreetly.
Work cited
McIntosh, Peggy. “White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack.” (1988).