People with privilege are rarely aware that they are privileged. I myself take what i have for granted, like having access to healthy food or food in general. It takes external factors like the video assigned this week for me to realize. I also understand how I am oppressed. Being a minority and a women has caused setbacks in my life. Lack of respect has always faced me and I steadily think about how I’ll have the same problem in my career. Being in the law field is a male dominant career, so being a women calls for being “ dumbed down “ by men. As I was reading Mcintosh article, I became even more aware how my oppression can be led down to my children. I worry about how my kids may be discriminated against in schools or made fun of because of their hair. I know now that I have to work to become as privileged as i can for my life and my kids. Something that caught my interest from the reading is how women are put into double binds. Growing up, I couldn’t please anyone. If I dressed too feminine, it was innapropiate. If I was dressed as a tomboy, I wasn’t attractive. I’ve noticed these double binds all my life and had to understand that society won’t be pleased with whatever I choose to do. Men don’t have this problem, but they can’t see that because they don’t know what it is to always be in the wrong no matter what. Overall, both readings and the video show how privilege can benefit men and white people, and how oppression causes setbacks in many aspects of life.