White Privilege
Johnson describes being rich as a white privilege because the country’s employers favored whites, people of color (POC) were not well placed to earn a chance. He says that it is a long and complicated story since getting wealth during those days was a challenge for the POC. Johnson explains the way the British treated Irish people as subhuman and disrespectful. The struggle to defeat the British took a long time following insufficient funds. The British worldview of Irish people was frustrating to the Irish people. They perceived Irish people as objects and treated them as slaves. When POC wanted to buy something, the price for them was set higher than for other clients.
Path of Least Resistance
The path of least resistance, which Johnson writes about, was the target of the British to get people who are easy to manipulate and make them their slaves. The English knew rights, and they were aware of the British worldview of mistreating people, seeing themselves as unique and superior humans (Buchanan). However, Americans taught the British that every person is supposed to receive fair treat. Americans could vanish from the native population when the British tried to mistreat them. Finally, the British enslaved Black-Americans since they did not have a place to run away and hide. They had to resist since the British had the power over them and could fight for their rights. The third aim was to turn the fewer resistant people into permanent slaves.
White Fragility
White people in North America are protected from race stress. Americans are sensitive to any topic concerning the race and skin color of people in the country. The whiteness itself means that the whites have power over POC, and most of the time, they dominate the place they visit (Cave and Dihal 685). They have privileges such as seizing a job opportunity, and their scholarships are highly prioritized compared to people of color. White people are more innovative than POC, and hence when solving problems and decision making, they deliver the best work. The whites made Space Science projects where they designed robotic emissaries that were sent to Mars to help research in the atmosphere. The technique using robotics seemed more secure to do space science research than sending astronauts. Therefore, white people were the best in innovation compared to people of color.
Finding the Exciting Part of the DiAngelo
The most interesting and exciting part is the image of how white people dominate most workplaces in America. There has been discrimination against white people over the last 25 years due to their race, but it is ironic that they are more employed compared to POC (Cave and Dihal 694). White people and POC have different views, reactions, and assumptions concerning racism and the color of skin. The discussions about person race and skin color can cause anger, fear, guilt, and feeling of discrimination to most people. Hence, it is advised to be gentle when it comes to discussing such topics to try not to offend anyone. The whites believe that they can do without POC since they are perceived to be better in everything they do.
Examples of Structural Racism
The Indian Act was enacted to assimilate indigenous people into mainstream society. The system has enabled indigenous people to live in peace with people from different countries (Buchman). The Act introduced a residential schools system where the institution received all students from parts of Canada. Though it seemed hard to introduce such schools to offer education to non-indigenous people in Canada, it was effective through the Act. It has improved education for everyone, both indigenous and non-indigenous people. The Act forbade indigenous people from forming political organizations. The Act enforced enfranchisement of any indigenous person admitted to the university, which is still effective.
Works Cited
Buchanan, Tom. Amnesty International and Human Rights Activism in Postwar Britain, 1945–1977. Cambridge UP, 2020.
Cave, Stephen, and Kanta Dihal. “The Whiteness of AI.” Philosophy & Technology, vol. 33, no. 4, 2020, pp. 685-703.