Tim Wise

After listening to Tim Wise on Monday night, I was some what confused. Now, I was not confused about what he said, I guess I just never have really put those ideas into perspective before. When he began to talk about privilege I figured out that it is still present in today's society. Although for myself I have never really felt that way as if I have been and still have friends of all races. I believe that it is going to be a hard ideal in to get rid of as I feel that not many people are going to be willing to fully except this social change. I think the one thing that he said that proved that this issue is still effecting society is when he opened up his speech by explaining that if a person of another gender was giving this speech, that half of the people in the room and most of the white people probably wouldn't be in attendance.
I think the utilize privilege in many cases. From television to movies its is clear that there is some sort of privilege. have you ever noticed in a lot of shows and movies that the main character is usually white. Or that they have a minority friend who is always the comedic relief or hardly has a role. Today I was watching "Semi-Pro" starring Will Farrell. There is a scene where they are playing poker, and there are four white gentlemen including Farrell, and one black guy. Then they are playing around with a gun that is unloaded, which after many pulls of the trigger goes off when it is set on the table and shoots, guess who, the black guy at the table. And he is played off as a joke that he got shot. Now i ask, would it have been different if Farrell got shot or one of the other white characters.
As for the one drop rule. I do believe that society still believes in the one drop rule. I think that it has become a part of society that will take time to overcome.

I think that it is true that we as people need to take in information and change our awareness. I think that people have taken this since the 1960's and have begun to change a lot of things. I feel that my generation is a generation of change and that not to bash the generations before us, but with our generation leading the way it will lead the way for more change and more equal based society.