Race, Class, and Gender Essay
In Anderson and Collins , chapter on Why race, class, and gender still maters
encourage readers to think about the world in their framework of race, class, and
gender. They argued that even though society has change and there is a wide range
of diversity; race, class and gender still matters. Anderson and Collins stated, Race,
class, and gender matter because they remain the foundation for system of power
and inequality that, despite our nation s diversity, continue to be among the most
significant social facts of peoples lives. (Anderson and Collins, 2010) When I was a
little girl, I never knew that people were classified in to groups such as race, class,
gender. I knew there were people that had a different color of skin than... Show more
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The staffs made us feel very uncomfortable so we decided to leave the store. In
addition, I have noticed that people tend to stayed within their race and culture.
For example, some white people stay within their race, they form relationships
within their own race, they live in neighborhoods where white people predominate,
and they have their own life style, and consider other races lower than theirs. This
makes me think about my own Mexican culture. I have heard some of my Central
American friends say that Mexicans think they are better than they are. I do not say
anything but I know many Mexicans who have said that we are better than other
cultures. I have to say we are different in the way that we do integrate and have
close friendships with people from other cultures. Unlike some white people, who
say they have close relationships with other races, when in reality they do not.
Anderson and Collins, stated, We want readers to understand that race, class, and
gender are linked experiences, no one of which is more important than the other; the
three are interrelated and together configure the structure of U.S. society. (Anderson
and Collins, 2010) Peggy McIntosh, chapter on White Privilege, color, and crime,
encourages readers to think about the world in the framework of race, class, and
gender on a White privilege perspective. McIntosh