Privilege and the Racial Wage
Purpose: This assignment allows you to engage the thought of one of sociology’s greatest, W.E.B. Du Bois, comparing and contrasting his ideas with contemporary scholars. Here, you examine the wages of whiteness, including how whiteness operates as a credential in a wide range of circumstances. Completing this assignment will increase your understanding and insight into our society’s system of racial privilege and domination.
INSTRUCTIONS
Format
- ted essay on the topic of white privilege as outlined below. Be sure to include a reference list with correctly formatted scholarly or other reputable sites such as historical or government.
Recently, white privilege has been used to describe the unearned advantages that being categorized as white bring. Using information from the Golash-Boza textbook, “Black Reconstruction and the Racial Wage” The Problem with Privilege The Problems with White Privilege and White Allies, White Student Union, compose your essay.
Golash-Boza suggests that white privilege is similar to W.E.B. Du Bois’ idea of the white racial wage.
- In your judgment, how are white privilege and the white racial wage the same? How are they different?
- Some suggest that white privilege is like having a collection of invisible tools and “free passes” allowing whites to avoid poor treatment and taking their lives and priorities the norm. Do you agree or disagree with this metaphor? Why?
- Consider the video White Student Union. How are these students using white privilege on their campus?
- How might white privilege actually disadvantage whites, especially in the long term and at the group level?
Submit: Your 500-700 word essay. APA format