Color Blind Privilege In Public Schools

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The reason white privilege and color blind privilege remains a prevalent problem is ignorance. The educational system in the United States suffers from a lack of education about racism that promotes structural racism, and increasing education about white privilege and color blind privilege will combat structural racism. While educating students about white privilege and color blind privilege will not end racism, it will, at the bare minimum, force students to confront confront the realities about privilege. If less students are permitted to hide behind their ignorance about race relations in the United States, more will actively work toward ending structural racism.
Many teachers would find the idea of teaching children not to be racist absurd or simply unnecessary, but children do not need to be taught not to be racist, they need to be taught about privilege. Public schools across the country read books to children with the moral of the story being that everyone is equal and people should not be discriminated against based on the color of their skin. Unfortunately, not everyone is equal. White privilege means that white people are given an inherent advantage for the sole reason of being white, and “whites are carefully taught not to recognize white …show more content…
He tells his audience that he learned he was an oppressor in the 1970s, and has continually worked to end his oppressive tendencies since then. By admitting he is still discriminatory, it does show that education is not a cure for structural racism, but it also indicates education is the first step toward improving it. If students never learn that white privilege and color blind privilege exists, how will they learn to combat it? Certainly, Gordon is less oppressive than David C, who does not admit that white privilege and color blind privilege exists, and might pass those beliefs down to the younger

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