Argument Regarding Johnson

   Hey y'all; I'll be arguing about Johnson's point in the article...

    A. The author of the article was Alan Johnson. The title was "Privilege, Power, and Difference..." 

    B. The author Johnson argues that society has minimized the extent of damage caused by privilege, power, and differences through sugar coated language and sheer lack of willingness to make a change by majority groups. Johnson's most significant points come when he includes anecdotes about himself regarding power, bias, etc. He explains how he himself is privileged in the very beginning of the article, as he is white and male, establishing clear background for the reader before diving into his interpretation of our current society. He talks about his experience of speaking on oppression while being unable to use vital language such as oppression, power, racism, sexism, etc... and how that made it difficult to get his points across. Not being able to use the proper language when talking about these issues leads to the feeling of individuals speaking to a brick wall; hence why minority groups and those effected by oppression make such little progress on their own. By including these little story bites, the reader doesn't just hear a blanket rant, they can see the points he is making in an actual, real-life context. His main point in all of this is seemingly to show just how complacent society has become in these issues. 

    C. A point/question I'd like to pose is "What situations have you all gone through, that can shed some more light on the complacency of society in discussions on oppression?" Obviously this would only be for those comfortable with sharing, but I think it would be beneficial to hear stories from other students in classroom not only to connect with the article, but connect with each other.

Here's an article regarding complacency in oppression discussions. It connects to SCWAAMP in that it discusses specifically a "feminist" view of these conversations targeting societies "preference to maleness: 

The Pitfalls of Becoming a Complacent Ally

https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/01/complacent-ally-pitfalls/

(Incase the hyperlink doesn't work)

Introductions

Hello!

I'm Rey! I'm a secondary education history major, who is also hoping to pick up a minor in public history (museums, archives, historic houses and all that jazz). Over break I mostly hung out with my boyfriend.

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I also worked...as one does. I'm a teacher assistant at a daycare, and I'm also a tour guide on campus.

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When I'm not in class/a favorite hobby of mine is theater! I was in the run crew for Bat Boy which happened at RIC in November, and I will actually be playing the character Lennox in Macbeth at the end of February!

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