Bridgett Ellis

EDUC 1500

Blog 6:Reflecting on Privilege

What is privilege? What is bias? Privilege is a special right, advantage or available only to a particular person. To be biased is to have a prejudge in favor or against one thing, someone or to compare a group to another.

In today’s world, we experience and undertake in bias or privilege situations in our daily lives. We many not realize this encounters until we come face-to-face with them. I understand that we live in a world, where there are drawbacks but that should limit goals. In the Diggin Deep assignment, where we continue with our daily life, but also, write down experience we have with privilege or bias. This small encounter will help me realize the bias that I have, the opportunity that I receive and the disadvantages that I would happen because of privilege. It a great assignment for anyone to do, to understand where they stand in society.

As an African-American raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota  I know that there will be some disadvantages, I will face because of bias and privilege. I went to schools that were very diverse in cultures, races, and religions. With all the diversity I was surrounded by, schools didn’t really educate student much about bias and privilege, it wasn’t until high school that I learned about it. My high school social studies teacher was the first person in the education system to teach me about privilege and what it mean for me. Something that stood out is how he educated the class on the true, without trying the sugar code it.

In the field of education, we will encounter students of different races, cultures, and religions Everyone has biases and their own belief, but if you carry that into the class it will affect the way students will learn. I understand that every teacher has their own values, that’s what makes each classroom different and it would be difficult to just push them to the side. Instead of prejudging or giving special rights to a particular group, but allow students to create their own values and beliefs. This will help develop skills such as problem-solving and critical thinking.