Orvana Williams Reflection 3

As each and every single one of us grow older, we encounter experiences that have the potential to influence our impact on life, in either good or positive ways because the initial point of view we have before others choose us coordinates how others judge and sum us up in any scenario. Society has “stereotypes or privileges” of people who, for them, belong to the social circle and are considered by whites, who are unaware of how society includes Latinos, given that many of them perceive them as foreigners. Because privilege is the inverse of oppression, it is difficult to recognize our own. Some people are opposed to discussing privilege because they do not want to be depicted as aggressors or participating in a system that benefits them at the expense of others. Other detractors of the term “privilege” misinterpret it as a catch-all phrase that implies that if you have a privilege, your entire life has been easy.

At a slight glance, if you have more privileges than others, you must know how to understand that we all have the same rights since we are human beings, and it does not depend on your identification, but on your personality. Furthermore, such privilege just imposes power and was constructed by society to divide people based on social rank. I believe that we have many various kinds of privileges, not just the privilege of gender, sex, or ability, which influences how people progress in the world or are discriminated against.

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