davis, tony journal johnson 6

In this article the author is trying to tell us in the beginning as a white person that there is difficulty talking to a person of color or different race about privilege and other rights without getting defensive or offended. Even though we can be interrupting or cut them off when they are trying to speak because we are frightened. Also the author goes on to talk about how we as people are always grouping everything as one group or that you have to belong to a group, but as individuals we are one part of the group as he compared to a university the people are not a part of the university and the university is not part of the people they just make up the group of the university.

Also he goes on to say that the white straight males are the most domaniate group because that’s what God is and what God is to be considered as so that’s why they are the most dominate group of people. Also he said that men are sexist and that even though there are some that are not sexist that they do not get involved with the ones that are so there is no one who will try to put a stop to this problem. Also he gives a diagram as to how we make social systems and how we follow the systems with the easiest paths and such.

1.Why are women not sexist?
2. Why do we always classify people as groups?

At the beginning when he was talking about when whites talk to people as color we are always quick to respond and get in defensive it sort of is true because I see it in classrooms and other things especially when groups are brought together because everyone was brought up differently and has different values and beliefs. Also when he brought up that only men are sexist is was kind of hurting because a few bad ones classify the whole group a that’s why we can not classify everyone into groups because we are not all the same we may look alike but we are all different.