The term black privilege has rung many alarms throughout the black community. It makes you really question if the black community has gained a lot of privileges since our civil rights? Because we have a months worth celebration of our history we are very much more privileged than any other race…a months worth of celebration? It is believed that "In America you can't even talk about whiteness, If you try to embrace being white, you are portrayed as being racist. If we had a white history month, that would be viewed as a racist holiday. "
It is agreed that if the white community were to have a month for their race that it would be considered racist this is only because white HISTORY stems from racism. Once upon a time white people owned black people so this would easily be looked upon as racist. Does this come across as black people
having a privilege? Think for yourself, African Americans as a community have came from so much and many things that contribute to the progression that put us where we are today. Caucasians also have a lot to celebrate but their holidays are equally distributed throughout the year in almost each month. Black privilege is a highly questionable term, it should be phrased into Black celebration. African Americans are able to continuously celebrate their race without it being portrayed as racist…Being Black from an American view will never be seen as a privilege.
I like what you did with this article. You had more of a calm perspective, but how you said that the black community has gained a lot since civil rights really makes you look back on how far blacks have come. It makes you take a second to look at the original article and makes you want to keep moving.
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ReplyDeleteThis article made me reconsider black privilege in America. The use of Black History Month really helped to prove your point. Great post
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