Question

What is privilege? We all have privileges. What are yours? Were you surprised by any of the privileges you found in your invisible knapsack? What were Tim Wise's best (most salient) points?

Answer 1

A privilege is a advantage or right which is special and granted to a person or group in particular.

The privileges for me in my institution is were I can decide the students curriculum for the year, provision to provide leave to staffs, I had also had a privilege of being the secretary of IERB internal ethical review board.

I was surprised to know that I had privilege to visit 3states for the conference and be as an eminent resource person which never happened and I never expected as I was much junior in the organizational hierarchy.

Tim wise is the American racist the points are as follows

* we are fostered by racism and we must be constantly be prejudiced by racism

* whiteness is a construct that was developed in America to prevent unity of black slaves and poor whites

* it is our human obligation to fight for injustice. This struggle will never be finished but we focus on playing our part.

* white people have everything to gain from fighting racism. Racism destroys US culture We must develop a new inclusive culture.

* silence is the collaboration

* if we can recognise that we have done wrong to the environment and fix it why are we not doing it for the race.

* white people must be willingly to follow not lead in antiracist struggle.