Privilege is the point at which somebody does not need to confront an organized type of oppression and oppression is the point at which you do need to confront. Just because one individual has one type of privilege does not mean they are entitled to that specific privilege overall. Individuals can be abused from numerous points of view. Most likely, you will see gender, sexual orientation, race, and religion. This is the place where pressure becomes possibly the most important factor because they are widely recognized frameworks such as white cisgender male has straight privilege, white privilege, cis privilege, and male privilege. In any case, regularly from my very own understanding, I will see these straight, white cisgender men being insulted and being called privileged. That is somewhat amusing, in such a case that is called privilege is offending to you, at that point you most likely are favored considering there's an entire vocabulary out there just to debase underestimated individuals. I believe that I am a privileged individual, but I have also been oppressed. Additionally, as an individual, I have consistently thought that a tall, heterosexual, dark male was someone who would rape, murder, steal because that was the way society had portrayed them as. Yet as I became more seasoned, I realized that the presumptions that I had made were wrong. I had a ton of dark, heterosexual, tall males as companions and I must say so myself that they were the best individuals I knew.
According to “The Web” individuals' character is related to physical, mental, social, and social factors, for example, appearance, character, societal position or class, social jobs, and race or ethnicity. An individual does not possess a solitary character yet it does differentiate personalities that may move and change after some time as well as with changed settings. For example, I am an able-bodied, middle class, heterosexual Muslim female whose first language is Urdu and that was conceded Canadian Citizenship in 2004. I was born in Pakistan and raised in Canada. My parents are born and raised in Pakistan which means that I get passed down the values and morals as anyone would in Pakistan. Additionally, I am currently in a heterosexual relationship. Alongside that, I am in a two-year diploma program at Seneca College for Social Service Worker Immigration and Refugee. My country of birth and my faith can make it harder for me at times to pursue my ambitions; however, most of the time as a result of my immigration status and my fluent English I do not get censored or get passed judgment dependent on the color of my skin, the nation of birth, or the faith I practice. As being brought up in Canada and having Pakistani guardians, I had a bit of leeway on particular things. For example, I grew up with two dialects, English and Urdu. I had to upgrade my learning and my capacities to help individual people with the language they are not natural inside Canada.
As a social service worker our nationality, race, religion, age, the color of our skins either grant us easy access to our job or the complete opposite. As said in the reading “Unpacking Our Knapsacks of Invisible Privilege” it stated that “social workers generally are members of privileged groups”. It is not necessarily that numerous “social service workers have not experienced oppression or are not members of the oppressed group”. I believe being raised here in Canada and having realized two dialects growing up can give me a reasonable chance to when I apply for work. I am spending a tremendous amount of time focusing on Immigrant and Refugee otherwise called newcomers to Canada which helps me believe that my double dialects will support a great deal. As a social service worker, I have not seen many brown-skinned females as well as males in the professional business. Majority of them as a teacher and/or as workers are white. I as an individual have not seen that much decent variety, so it is reasonable for the state that the shade of my skin can decide plenty of things relying upon the association I am needing or working for. As I have mentioned before, I am not born here in Canada. Like every newcomer, my parents had their fair share of struggles. As a social service worker, I can make that connection because I have heard and saw my gradience battling in a country, they knew nothing about. The two dimensions in my social identity that might have a potential impact on children, youth, or families would be religion and immigration status. Both of these can impact negatively and positively. The reason being is my religion is wildly based on the actions of others that are portrayed as a negative and violence-based religion in the eyes of the public when the actual truth is that it is the complete opposite. The second is immigration status I was blessed to have been granted citizenship of Canada, keeping in mind that not everyone is has blessed as I am. Imagine immigration status to be a label of what you can do and can not do in the country. This can impact youth and how they see themselves, and can also impact families torn apart if one is not granted citizenship.
A good ally to me would be my boyfriend who makes a protected space for me; He is very watchful for any suppositions I may be making inside my head. Besides, he has an understanding that mine and his feelings, beliefs, and opinion, do not coordinate a hundred percent all the time. In a scenario in which our feelings, beliefs, and opinion, do not match, he works around it and attempts to form an understanding. If one a specific day, I need somebody to reinforce me, he does not do whatever it takes to get me to change in a vulnerable situation. However, he develops my one of a kind appreciation of myself which can be overpowering when I feel that I will be expelled or put down for what my character is. Reflecting on my past, I feel as though I would have liked to be a better ally to my project group in my previous program. I observed when doing group work, there were a couple of individuals that were being missed treated because of their accent since they were newcomers and working abilities. As of the individuals that were being bullied and discriminated, they were upset by the comments. I stood there as a bystander, and ignored it and tried not speaking up about it since the leader of our group was very smart and teachers favorite. Instead, of being a bystander I feel as if I should have been an upstander. When I saw wrongful behavior, I should have combatted it. Besides, I should have pushed back the people on hostile remarks or jokes, regardless of whether if an individual may be insulted or hurt. As an ally, the biases I will be bringing to my work would be, on the off chance that somebody says or accomplishes something slanderous or unseemly, address it right now if you can, or approach the individual later to discuss it in a non-forceful way.
Additionally, respect and utilize your collaborators' right sexual orientation pronouns and not assuming sexual orientation. Moreover, not to assume someone’s money related status. Individuals may have inabilities that I would not think about, and illuminate yourself about approaches to make in a comprehensive climate for individuals with imperceptible handicaps. For instance, do not assume everybody can remain through a long gathering, hear a moderator without a mouthpiece, or pursue a video without shut subtitles. Motivation at work as an ally would check my assumptions, eliminate dissatisfaction and create satisfaction, and personalize my motivational approach. Recognizing privilege is also important because to be a suitable partner, you have to see the limits that the people you are lined up with a face each day, to help advocate for change. A portion of these boundaries is self-evident. Perceiving privilege likewise implies that you comprehend that your benefit bears you the chance, access, and permeability that is significant and valuable as an ally and that you can use to help get the word out, instruct others, advocate for the privileges of the gathering you are aligned with, and bolster individuals from that gathering. Perceiving benefit is likewise significant because it can undermine your endeavors as a partner if you do not know about how to utilize it.
In conclusion, our differences impact the way our life is set to be on a day to day bases. Someone that does not identify themselves the way I do might have situations in life completely different than mine. We as individuals’ can either experience privilege or oppression and in certain cases sometimes both. Our race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, wealth, etc. can give individuals experience with privilege and oppression. Our allies and who we are allies to can shape us as people. Our allies can be anyone your mom, dad, best friend, boyfriend, etc. We all have experienced being allies but most of the time, there one case where you regret the time you could have been a good ally to a group or person you interacted with. Overall, I believe that there are to learn and explore things about yourself as an individual.
References
- Mullaly, B. (2010). The ‘Web’: The multiplicity, intersectionality, and heterogeneity of oppression, also Unpacking our knapsacks of invisible privilege.
