Ricky Woodie
Ethics
Cht. 8
16 September 2007
Blog post
In chapter 8 of PPD the authors thesis is Dominant groups do not see them as being part of the problem and use privilege to get away with it. He talks about privilege people will list the advantage of not being a dominant group and say that subordinate groups are actually better off. It goes on to say how other groups would be better off if they acted a certain way. For example, whites say if blacks acted more like whites, than they would be better off. It talks about gender wars. Saying men act like women are from different cultures when they are really some the same families and life styles as themselves. He mentions how whites say that blacks would rather live with other blacks, when in reality, black would rather be integrated and whites would rather live with other whites. Whites also say color people don’t live with whites because they can’t afford it. This is also untrue. People that that claim they are not racist can be unintentionally racist. A teacher may only call on white kids in class, but not realize that she is doing so. The chapter also states that men seem to try and do what is polite for women, but never help them when they actually need something. Once again it mentions that whites claim they are good, but can be just as bad when they are silent and don’t speak out against racism. It finishes saying how whites are unaware on how privileges happen for them.
The question that I ask is would this book be written differently if it were written by either a person of color of a women? The author does a good job of arguing his thesis and supporting them with many examples, but I think he should have examples on people of color feel about the matter. Its harder to sympathizes with someone complaining about privileges, when they themselves have the same privileges.
My opinion is that I agree with him for the most part that white people try to say they are not racist or don’t take the time to see all the privileges they have. I know I some time judge girls as stuck up if they don’t acknowledge me sometimes. Or anyone in general if they never say hi to me or go out there way to talk to me I may feel that they are too cocky, but they just may be quite. When I get to talk to them I normally find out that they are not like that at all.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
cht 6
Ricky Woodie
Ethics
Cht. 6
September 16, 2007
Blog post
In chapter 6 of PPD, the authors thesis, is that people have trouble talking about issues, because it feels too risky. He says how people focus on individualism, and that everything bad in the world is someone’s fault. An example is how women blame sexism on all men, saying how all men are bad. Then the all men feel attacked and the good men are never sexist because they do not cheat to treat women badly. He says that we learn social life, and that we learn it through family, schools, religion, and mass media. For example men treat women like objects because we see it done on TV. He also says that he always been taught that white straight men were the most important people because they were seen as important figures on television. Social systems are when people come and work together at something. He says that in these social systems, that people follow the paths of least resistance. He says that racist people claim they aren’t racist when they are to hide. People that are racist have mental problems, but the they have to learn who to hate. The author states that we can follow social paths, but we don’t have to be ruthless. The article ends with him saying people should follow the social system, but speak out against racism.
How can we “re-write” the social system to not be racist? The author makes a good point that racism is learned through family, schools, and media, but he needs to state how we can change the social system. What ways we should speak out. When he was making his monopoly argument, he should have given real life situations to compare it to when explaining how we are greedy.
In my opinion I agree with the author that people need to not be silent and act out against racism. I didn’t agree with him on the shirt example how he supports some issues when buying a expensive shirt. He said that he would pay a lot of money for name brand shirts while the workers would only receive pennies for making it. If people didn’t buy these shirts then the workers wouldn’t even have a job.
Ethics
Cht. 6
September 16, 2007
Blog post
In chapter 6 of PPD, the authors thesis, is that people have trouble talking about issues, because it feels too risky. He says how people focus on individualism, and that everything bad in the world is someone’s fault. An example is how women blame sexism on all men, saying how all men are bad. Then the all men feel attacked and the good men are never sexist because they do not cheat to treat women badly. He says that we learn social life, and that we learn it through family, schools, religion, and mass media. For example men treat women like objects because we see it done on TV. He also says that he always been taught that white straight men were the most important people because they were seen as important figures on television. Social systems are when people come and work together at something. He says that in these social systems, that people follow the paths of least resistance. He says that racist people claim they aren’t racist when they are to hide. People that are racist have mental problems, but the they have to learn who to hate. The author states that we can follow social paths, but we don’t have to be ruthless. The article ends with him saying people should follow the social system, but speak out against racism.
How can we “re-write” the social system to not be racist? The author makes a good point that racism is learned through family, schools, and media, but he needs to state how we can change the social system. What ways we should speak out. When he was making his monopoly argument, he should have given real life situations to compare it to when explaining how we are greedy.
In my opinion I agree with the author that people need to not be silent and act out against racism. I didn’t agree with him on the shirt example how he supports some issues when buying a expensive shirt. He said that he would pay a lot of money for name brand shirts while the workers would only receive pennies for making it. If people didn’t buy these shirts then the workers wouldn’t even have a job.
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