White Privelege

This was a very interesting article and it really made me think about my life and how race and color has certain characteristics that come along with it. For example living in a college town where the African Americans normally only play sports. And for the most part that is true but there are exceptions. What Peggy McIntosh is trying to point out through this article is that white, and especially white males have a more privileged life. Interesting enough is that although white males are not willing to admit that they have a privileged life as well as that they do admit that women have an under-privileged life as well as people of color. It was interesting for me to hear someone say that this is not a free country and that one's life is not what you make it. As though there is some predetermined purpose and life that your life should already be. She said that "many doors open for certain people through no virtues of their own. So it seams she has a sort of a religious or pessimistic side to her. I am torn between view points on if I agree with her or not. Or if I even like her as a person or not. If I had to pick a side I think that I would disagree with her views overall. I am a strong believer that regardless of gender, race, religion or anything that hard work and determination will bring success. I support her in the fact that some people (rich parents that have kids that reek of benefits) might not have to work a day in their life and will still live a luscious life style due to the hard work of their parents. Others need to work a little harder for what they want. Now how this ties into AIDS and STI transmission and infection is that people who think they are more privileged think they have more rights and therefore to what they want to do. They could potentially do things like intercourse with no protection because they think they are too good for it. Or possibly they have multiple sexual partners. It is a very controversial topic of race, gender and dominance. what I think will happen in the future is that these things won't exist. they will soon deminish and before we know it they will not even exist, and hopefully my children and grandchildren won't even know what the word "racism" means.