Having Privilege COUNW4

Having Privilege COUNW4

Have Privilege?

Prepare a posting that describes your understanding of the concept of privilege using the Monahan (2014) reading and Dr. Flora’s interview as points of reflection.

•How can the concept of White Privilege be expanded to include gender privilege, class privilege, or heterosexual privilege?

•Provide an example from your own experience of how a person may experience privilege based on one aspect of their identity and oppression based on another.

•After listening to the interview with Dr. Flora, do you think the term privilege also applies to the region where someone lives, or the language or dialect he or she speaks? Explain why or why not.

Reference

Sue, Derald W., David Sue. Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, 6th Edition, 6th Edition. John Wiley & Sons P&T, 07/2011. VitalBook file.

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White privilege is a term for the societal privileges that usually benefit white people  especially western countries  more than what is experienced by non- white people who are under the same political, social and economic circumstances.  According to this journal privilege is just part and parcel of occupying a dominant position within a social hierarchy that is oppressive. One way that the concept of white privilege can be expanded is through creating awareness concerning the privileges so that people can learn….

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