In my 20 years of living I haven’t experienced much of being privileged. I lived my first 5 years of life living in poverty in the Dominican Republic with my mom. We lived in a small little room, we had to share the bathroom with our neighbors. The shower outside in the yard we also had to share it. It’s very hard for women to get jobs in the Dominican Republic. Coming to the untied states gave me more opportunities to become successful. I can agree with white privilege. The word Privilege means to me Someone who has an advantage or opportunity that most that most people don’t have. I started experiencing privilege when I was in New York in school I was given free lunch, I didn’t have to pay for books. I was able to experience a lot of things here for example finding a job at my job was pretty easy. There’s opportunities to get into very good colleges based on your grades and not your money.Privilege describes the advantages that people belong to because they belong to a specific social group or have certain dimensions of their identity. You may have privileges because of your race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, wealth, and social class, among many other characteristics. Being able to travel the world, go out to eat, do activities you weren’t able to do before is a privilege. I didn’t know what the word oppression meant until I read about it. Oppression is the malicious or unequal treatment or exercise of power, often under the guise of governmental authority or cultural stigma. Oppression is seen in seen in school, racial profiling and overly harsh school discipline policies disproportionately impact students of color and fuel the pipeline from school to prison. Educational differences hinder access to high quality learning environments for many students of color. Watching the video and doing the readings helped me define the concepts of privilege and oppression, oppression is the exercise of authority of power in a cruel, burdensom, or unjust manner and privilege is unearned advantages people have by virtue of status or position. An example of privilege is the adviser to the president holds a privileged position of trust. He had privileged access to the files. Only a select few can join the club. An example of oppression is the oppression of minorities in our country is terrible. The root of oppression and tyranny is often a corrupt and power-hungry ruler. Neither oppression on the one hand, nor servility on the other hand explained this abandonment of their traditions.