Assignment A (Privilege, Power, and Difference)
In the article “Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan G. Johnson, the main point is “If I’m going to be part of the solution to that difficult legacy, it’s important to step back from my defensive sensitivity to such language and look at the reality it points to. Then I can understand what it names and what it has to do with me and, most important, what I can do about it.” (Johnston, 14) 1. “People don’t want to look because they don’t want to know what it has to do with them and how doing something about it might change not only the world, but themselves.” (Johnston, 12) 2. “The bottom line is that a trouble we can't talk about is a trouble we can't do anything about.”(Johnston, 13) 3. “But now that it’s ours, it’s up to us to decide how we’re going to deal with it before we collectively pass it along to the generation that will follow ours.” (Johnston, 15) ...
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