Privilege in our society

List of privileges
- I am sure that if the bus is full, a man will rather give up his seat to me than to another man. This is just because I am a woman.
- If I shop with my credit card, I am more likely to be asked ID for further verification just because I am black.
- I am pretty sure that If I drive a fancy car, I have more chance to be pulled over by a police officer just because of my race.
- Sometimes, I feel not considered by classmates when they see me at first or when I tell them I am from Africa. This is maybe because Africa is known to be a primitive continent.
-Also, I think the society is way too materialistic. In fact, I tried to dress differently in two days, and I made some remarks. For instance, I realize that when I am well dressed, people consider me or are more attentive to me.
- At work, I realized that my complaints were taken into consideration when I was directly speaking to my African American supervisor.
- Also, I found that some coworkers were favored just because they have been sexually involved with one or more supervisors.
- Moreover, I realized that African American customers were nicer to me than to other coworkers just because I was black.
- Also, in bank, the customer service is based on the amount of money you have in you bank account. Therefore, If you are broke, you will not receive the same level of customer service and consideration as a rich person.
- Education is another factor encouraging privilege. For instance, if you have attended college, you have better chance to obtain a job than a person who has merely a high school degree or a formation in this career field.
- Also, I think at work, a white person has better chance to be promoted than a black person even though they both started working at the same period of time. Another alternative is that a black person will have more to invest and prove than a white person.
- Also, in U.S. Blacks are more likely to be laid away than White people. In other hand, White people are more likely to be employed than Blacks even though the company proclaims to favor multicultural diversity.
- Most of the time I went shopping in fancy stores, I realized that employees generally helped me out either because the store was empty or because I was dressed like those spoiled rich kids.
- Also, at the cashier station at Wal-Mart, I can count on my fingertips how many times the cashier said “hello or hi” to me. But when the customer after me is white, I hear greetings like “ how you’ re doing? What a nice day outside mam, sir?” That is very irritating when you realize you are black and the other customer Caucasian. What a shame!
-I am pretty sure I have more chance to be accepted in a French company on the basis that I speak French than any other person not speaking French.
-I know that if I want to get a loan, in order to be granted, I will have to provide more information or more documents than any other White person.
- I am pretty sure that an overloaded woman is more likely to be helped or assisted than a man in this situation.
-I am persuaded that if I want to be promoted at a job, I just have to seduce my supervisor by wearing provocative clothes. Men are less likely to do so.
-Generally, women who molest children, received less charges than men convicted of the same act.
- Also, parents, especially fathers tend to be more attentive to their daughters than to their sons. In fact, they give more money to girls.
-Also, in my culture, women are not allowed to stay around men or to discuss with men. Their activities are limited to the kitchen and children care. Moreover, some tribes do not allow girls to attend school, because women are born to serve men who are considered the family’s force.

-police officers are generally more violent and aggravated with Blacks. Sometimes, they even beat them like they were animals.

To my mind, a privilege is an advantage somebody has over somebody else. According to Wikipedia, a privilege is “ etymologically "private law" or law relating to a specific individual—is a special entitlement or immunity granted by a government or other authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis.” This advantage is based on diverse aspects such as race, gender, social status, and of course money. As Tim wise says in the video, African Americans and Latinos are more likely to be stopped by police officer than any other White man. Also, I think everyone of us have been privileged or have specific privileges. For instance, every parent has more attention for their own kids than to their nephews or nieces. However, I think it is important that we know how to use them so that they would not discriminate anybody else in places such as work, hospitals and schools. I personally think privileges constitute a boosting factor in discrimination, therefore it is important the society knows how to regulate these privileges for a better functioning.