My ethnicity, gender, color, and class are an aspect of my life that reflects my …show more content…
Prior to this type of oppression, there people were not classified due to “race” and peace among different race had also existed. It is mentioned in the video that the elites needed individuals to continue their labor they gave these individuals a small portion of power. As stated, “the elite had to “teach Whites the value of whiteness” in order to divide and rule their labor forces” (Rotenberg 33). Such power lead to the creation of white privilege, as it oppresses individuals of different race to work for the people of white. These also lead individuals to blame those without white privilege the fault of problems such as the economy. We see throughout history that different races suffer and been given fewer privileges. Even in modern times, we see individuals being denied jobs, applications and often harassed of their race, ethnicity and skin color. From the Privilege walk and Wise’s theory, white privilege is seen as a way for elite to control who or what remains on top and oppress those they find unworthy to move up in the social