My White Ass Privilage

Being a white male I have grown up with all the advantages listed on McIntosh’s list and then some. I had never looked at it that way but everything McIntosh pointed out is absolutely true. The attitude I was born and raised with is absolutely shocking. I am indeed extremely privileged especially now that I live in an area where white is that majority. The reference to the terms “them” and “us” is especially true and I am amazed that I never thought of it that way, I guess we (white males) have something of a superiority complex going on. One of the most noticeable examples of white privilege can be seen in airport security, I have never been personally searched but I have seen people with colored skin and funny headgear searched many times. The only time I have ever been at a disadvantage for being white was at home in Hawaii, I was not representative of the majority and the majority, when inebriated, did not like me or my kind very much. But that’s about it, in every other aspect of my life I have been at a social and economical advantage.