As a result, dominant groups re taught not to see how the unjust system of dominance affects their inferior position and to believe that they are not as able or as valuable as the dominant group. However, such "training"" is incomplete, inconsistent, and can be resisted.
Finally, most members of the dominant group accept the inequities of the dominant group accept the inequities embedded in the privilege system-even if they're upset by these unjust practices, and especially when they're not aware of them. As one of my white, males, heterosexual students put it, "I never thought about privilege and have difficulty recognizing it. I wish that a "flag"" would appear whenever privilege occurred."" Analyzing the film(s) of Jane Elliott's work can help students develop such a "flag.""(Intro sociology pg 268).
(A)2. An example of a privilege system in the U.S is the socialization process. An example is society thinking that men are better than women. Such men make better doctors than women or men are better police officers. The reason I say this is because one time my father went to a physical therapist and he thought it would be a man but it was a woman. The doctor's assistant came in and prepared my father for the doctor. Then a female came in to see him and he said "I already saw the doctor Miss."" And she smiled and said "I am the doctor."" She took no offense to it.
The social institution in the U.S that created a privilege system based on gender is Augusta National, U.S Masters; not allowing woman to golf on their golf course. Even if you let them in, you still had to be rich.
(A)3. Race has its own privilege system. People are discriminated against so they feel they can't improve their own situation and excel past a more dominant group. In the reading "Why I Think People Discriminate"" by Matthew Galli is a good example. He stresses so much his belief, that discriminating is only to make oneself appear better than another person.
