Sociology

Most social phenomena pose complex problems which impact the society in which people live in. particularly in the global environment which has a mixture of individuals from different races, colors and classes, these problems are inevitable. The most pressing concept is that of white privilege which tends to provide advantages to the white people while suppressing the non whites in the white dominated states. It has been a supremacist culture that all the white people have some privileges which are automatically accorded to them.

As a white baby is born, it goes without mention that the baby will enjoy the privileges of being born in a white country by a white mother and father. The kid will grow up swimming in the pool of white privileges until the time when he or she starts to realize some problems with the system (Mclntosh, 1989). It is therefore not a blessing to be born in a white privilege kind of system-it leaves one with a mind of guiltiness although other individuals have opposed that the system does not affect them.

This is how the white privilege will affect any white individual in a white supremacist culture. Being born in all-white state surrounded by a malady of racism in both personal life and in the institutions, one is likely to develop the same culture of racism. Some white families have even tried to alienate themselves far from the non whites and the children born in such white families will find it hard to mix and socialize with the non whites. Making it even worse, racism has extended to greater extents to exclude the American Indians as people different from the white communities. There are a clear-cut differences made between the whites and the American Indians during the growth of a child (Mclntosh, 1989).

Not any single shares attributes with another person everyone will have distinct values and characteristics after he or she is full formed into an individual. This then implies that some individuals will grow up trying to avoid the racism aspect and racist training of their cultures. It does not just come as easily that racism will be avoided among young whites the problem is already internalized and all the paths the young whites follow is all painted white privileges. It feels hurting when white privileges are mounted to an individual who does not exactly need them because he or she has truly worked for the success which comes his or her way. In university admission, the white privileges are all over. The skin color will be an important point to make an individual qualify for an admission into some universities and colleges. It does not matter if someone is admitted because of honest individual academic performance. White privileges will continue even to employment sector. The interviewers will be biased to favor the whites for the mere reason that the whites appear like them. Promotions are also done according to skin color and the non whites feel so much suppressed working with the whites (Mclntosh, 1989). Some universities may have predominantly white deans, professors and heads of departments being white with one or two senior lecturers being non whites.

All the privileges presented to a white man do not exactly mean happiness or comfort. Genuine white men and women have worked individually very hard to attain high academic prowess and status quo which is easily contaminated by a virus by the name white privileges. Not every white man or woman has survived because of the so called privileges and if the culture wont stop, it is bound to kill the hardworking spirit in the people who ultimately determine the development of a society.