Privilege, Power, And Difference Discrimination

When looking at color, ethnicity, wealth, etc. discrimination seems to be the underlying problem evolved from oppression, privilege, and prejudice views. Discrimination is extremely common in the world majority of the time people discriminate against others without noticing they are doing it in the first place. In the book Privilege, Power, and Difference discrimination is looked at as treating people unequally simply because they belong to a particular social category or a way of thinking or feeling towards a person (Johnson, 54). Over the years people have been judged on how they look, act, or speak and many stereotypes have developed based on gender, race, or looks. People grow up with these false accusations in their mind and tend to stick …show more content…
Earlier in the year I went to a sex trafficking awareness event where an acting company put on a skit to enlighten people on the growing problem. Young girls are taken every day away from their families and forced into a life that no one should be forced to live. The men that are behind this disturbing operation, sex trafficking, take young girls and women against their will and force them into a life no one would wish for. The sad part is that some females are not even taken, but instead sold into trafficking by their parents. The article Trafficking in Women states, “Traffickers primarily target women because they are disproportionately affected by poverty and discrimination, factors that impede their access to employment educational opportunities and other resources” (Advocated of Human Rights). These young girls are looked at as source of pleasure and used as sex objects, by middle-aged/old men, which degrades and humiliates them. In the skit that was performed they actors talked about girls having pimps that basically “owned” them. These men mistreat these young girls and women by verbally and physically mistreating them just because they can. Women should not be seen as lesser than males or more vulnerable, instead women should be viewed equal and respected. Not only females, but males as well, should grow up knowing that a woman’s body should be valued. The world should also not …show more content…
At one point throughout history white people seemed to be the discriminatory group against other races, religions, and cultures. The first real problem started with slavery and discrimination against African Americans. The right to be seen as equal despite skin color was the main focus at that time in history. Over the years right to free religious views and customs became the next big issue and then, as time went on, discrimination shifted from color and customs towards gender differences. Johnson stated, “We should not have the belief that things have always been the way we’ve known them to be” (128). Discrimination problems have constantly changed throughout history and, for some people, dealing with these issues has been more difficult than what others had to go through. Today, even though there may be discrimination against different races, genders, or religions views the issues in which people dealt with in the past are not the same as they are now. “The only thing we can count on is change, then it’s hard to see why we should believe for a minute that any kind of social system is permanent” (Johnson, 129). As people become more educated on the problem of discrimination society began to adapt new views towards these social injustices. The only downside is that, due to human nature, people will always be looking for inequalities in society. The reality is that there will most