When it comes to privilege, there is a lot of things I can think of even more after watching the video. We don’t realize how lucky we are of the little things we own, and how those things can get us affected by the society we live in. Back to the Dominican Republic where I was raised people will say that that I was a whimsical girl, I always had everything that came out of my mouth that I wanted because the next day when I woke up whatever I asked for it will be there for me. Moreover, when I came back to the US, I got to understand that even though I never had to worry about anything, by watching people at school that they only were counting on the food they gave us, or they did not have the latest sneakers to go to class but they still happy and not embarrassed at all, I learned when you are confident and you know your heart that is all we need to be happy. I feel so lucky I get to show any affections to people and not having to worry about what might people think. On the other hand, having certain privileges does not mean that you are an immortal person, there will always be things that will be nothing before them. Since middle school I was bullied for having big ears, they used to give me names like “Dumbo” the elephant from the Disney movie.
Microaggression is a term used in a daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial slights and insults toward any group, particularly culturally marginalized groups. I have gone through that and did not even know how that was called. Back in high school, I used to wear a uniform, a skirt and the fact it used to look short on me people believed that I put it on to get people’s attention by passing, the way they said things it was very uncomfortable for me because it happened everywhere even using the stairs guys will stay behind just to try looking under my skirt.
Hello Anaya,
Thank you for sharing your post.Reading it took back to high school in Morocco and how embarrassed I was with my body. I was very skinny when I was little ,but once I hit puberty it wasn’t the case anymore. I never wore dresses or skirts like all the girls in my age .but mainly black pants or jeans to make me look skinnier so no one can call me a bad name.But with time we learn to learn ourselves to way we are and be happy and try to help others who can be less fortunate than us ”(I learned when you are confident and you know your heart that is all we need to be happy)”.
Thank you.
Hey Anaya, I’m sorry that you had to experience that! I really love how you were able to showcase empathy for the ones that didn’t have much. It made me reflect on my early school days when my peers would make fun of others for not having the latest style. I enjoyed it when you mentioned how confident they were and persevering regardless of what had or went without.
Thank you for sharing your with us. I as an immigrant also feel privilege to have a better education than those back at my country. I also, know that some people have more privilege than others, whether we want to admit to it or not. There is also people back at my country getting a better education. WE need to keep in mind that there is a difference between privileges and having advantage in a certain situation.