02.03.2014
The topic of this course is: How do issues of gender, race, ethnicity, ability status, sexuality, and class affect today's media? Lots of words that define privilege. I have tried in the past to learn as much as I can about issues of gender, race, and sexuality, because these things affect me personally - I'm a woman, I'm Asian, and I'm queer. But today I realized that I haven't really tried to learn about issues of ability status and class, because those things don't affect me personally. I'm not disabled, and I'm not in a terrible state financially. I'm pretty privileged.
I need to check my privilege.
I need to check my privilege.