Graduation & White Privilege

Graduation

Graduation at first I thought was going to be just like friday morning. However, when the girl wakes up that morning and says I thanked God he let me be alive this day because I thought something really terrible was goingto happen to me and I wouldnt live to see this day, I thought hey maybe after all this girl will get to enjoy her graduation and it will be a happy story. Once again I didnt analyze early enough and then BOOM the white guy comes out and gives his speech and my jaw dropped. First of all why did the preacher or the school ask that guy to talk at their graduation. Honestly who would do that. Who would ask a powerful white male to come and say something inspiring to a group of african american kids back in those days. I think they should have gotten someone who was also african american and was successful and could inspire them to reach guy just like him or her. But then again this isnt my story and I cant tell themto chang it to make it more credible or please me, because now that I think about it the author wasnt trying to please the viewer she was trying to make me angry so I would have that reaction and inspire me to change society.Ok on to the next....

White Privilege

This was a bit confussing. Too wordy? I dont know I mean its all personal opinion. I doubt white people sit there and think about their race or their ethnicity and how they feel about it. Ok wait I think I just proved the point of chapter 2. Ok I agree now its true they probably dont. Well Im hispanic and I do think a lot abot my ethnicity, my culture is so different from the american culture and I am very aware and embrace it. However I dont think that I really understand the differences between ethnicity and race even after reading this. Chapter 3 was a bit confussing. However I do think that if there was no more than one race(technically just the human race) there would not be comparisons and such like the author says, "whiteness is meaningless in the absence of blackness."