Deconstructing Privilege and Bad Bunny

  

In the article “Deconstructing Privilege” by Kim A. Case, these are some of the many quotes that stood out to me.

1.     Color insight provides a vocabulary for teaching across racial lines. It is a useful lens with which to examine societal interactions and to initiate conversations. (Case,68)

 

2.     Both white and people of color need to recognize their own and one another's individual privileges. (Case,71)

 

3.     Considering context for discussing race: The Racial Observation Exercise. An initial step towards applying color insights requires creating a setting to ensure that the mention and discussion of race is possible(Case,68)

 

The author Kim A. Case argues that “ We advocate for the application of color insight rather than colorblindness as an approach to thinking about race. (Case, 76) Also, these techniques can enhance both instructional and classroom learning while providing an enriched context for ongoing exploration of racial justice issues. (Case, 77)

 

Two reflections or scenarios that happened to me that came to my mind when reading this article about my privileges and I couldn’t believe something happened.

 1. A couple of times on the 4th of July, we would have Dinner at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunk, Maine. The first time we went, we went to go sit at the table, and there were tables of different foods and lobster. But what got me and my mind was like, WTF, what year are we in, and why? All the male waiters in the room were people of color. It stressed me out. I was like, why, and they would come and clear the plates, etc. But I actually cleared my own plates. I felt so bad and felt we were back in time. I have watched a lot of movies of how people of color were treated so unkindly. Seeing the movie The Help, etc. I remember at one point one of the Male waiters actually blocked the clearing bucket and put his hands out to give him the plates. 

2. When I read the information on page 70, I thought about how when I go to events with my clear bag. The workers always say you are all set and don't look in my bag. I believe its the White privilege, and also because I have dwarfism and they feel bad. They should not feel bad; how do they know I could be bad and use my dwarfism as an advantage? 



In the Facebook post “ Why Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Mattered- and Why it moved so many Hispanics to Tears” By Jose Gomez Talked about how it made the Latino and Puerto Rican cultures feel heard and important because it was spoken in their language and about them. No one could stop it, and Bad Bunny had the power to make it happen.

 

  1. 1.     It was because the performance reflected a lived reality - one that is rarely allowed to exist fully or honestly on America’s biggest cultural stage.
  • 2. From the opening moment, the show made something unmistakably clear: Spanish was not being translated, softened, or treated as an accessory. It was the dominant language.

3.     Seeing a familiar home placed at midfield - on the most watched stage in the country - felt intimate and validating.

 

 

I thought it was beautiful that this was the halftime show for the Super Bowl!  

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