The study reveals the ways culture and religion intersect with gender, and in fact the authors base their research on the theory of intersectionality. White privilege, gender, and any other issue related to social justice and personal consciousness is situational. Each individual will experience race, class, gender, power, religion, and ethnicity in different ways.
When reading the three articles, I first note their similarities. All three articles address white privilege. The problem with white privilege is that it is built into the social institutions upon which societies are built. White privilege can also be extended to refer to gender privilege and patriarchy, which is why Greenwood & Christian (2008) note that women from whatever culture or religion tend to gloss over their differences to bond together in sisterhood. Sisterhood might...
However, when faced with the problem of the hijab, women who are not from Muslim backgrounds have trouble accepting the cultural practice of the head scarf. Greenwood & Christian (2008) frame their explication of the hijab in terms of white privilege. White women scorn the hijab because they are projecting a cultural bias on Muslim women.
White privilege is equal to gender bias in the remaining social injustices that plague the planet. Discrimination based on race and gender is rooted in business, politics, and social life. Until the root causes of white privilege and patriarchy are unearthed, prevalent political and social problems are likely to persist.
White privilege = "unearned group-based privileges" (1492), whites are uncomfortable with the concept because it…
