“As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something which puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege which puts me at an advantage.”
As a Spanish person with mildly light skin I have realized that after reading the article of White Privilege by McIntosh, that I also have been taught about racism and its disadvantages. If I go over to my parents home country the Dominican Republic a light skinned individual is favored over the more darker skin individual. There was once a President in that country that wanted to whiten the country by getting rid of all the dark skinned people. Every country has its favored skin color. But in a lot of cases gets worse depending in the country, city, or state in which you are living in.
What I'm trying to say by this is that every race is taught about privileges that there particular skin color have.
I also thought back to a time in which not being a white was a disadvantage. About two years ago I went out to eat dinner at an Apple bee’s in MA, I was with my boyfriend. We walk into the restaurant and get seated at a table which was not cleaned, our waiter was acting as if she had never seen people of our race. When we finally got our food the waiter threw it on the table very rudely. I was so shocked and embarrassed that we just sat there and looked at each other. What was the saddest part was the way it made both of us feel. They practically told us that we were trash by doing what they did.
I believe its true about the privileges that the white people receive but don't understand why. The color of someones skin should not be a problem to anyone.
