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Essay / White Privilege Analysis Unpacking the Invisible...
Admittedly, if I were to try any of these listed examples, I intensely believe I would be stereotyped or have racial comments made against my ethnicity. For example, one of the examples on McIntosh's list is: "I am never asked to speak for everyone in my racial group." (McIntosh) In fact, I am often asked to speak on behalf of all people in my racial group, all of my actions and words would be in some way related to or directed towards my racial background. Another example from the McIntosh list would be "I can be almost sure that my neighbors in such a place will be neutral or pleasant to me." ยป (McIntosh) Over the past two years since my family moved into a community setting. My family was often persecuted and victimized by the manager and the community. After so many unwanted complaints from the community manager. For the most part, I considered it a racial issue, since my family was the only Chinese family in the community. As a result, I took action and wrote a formal letter of complaint to headquarters, highlighting racism as the reason for the conflict. Therefore, my family has never been harassed