"White Like Me"

I have just read a chapter called "Privilege," from the book called "White Like Me." The author, Tim Wise, states his thesis/question in this chapter, "that to be white is to be born to certain advantages and privileges that have been generally inaccessible to others-it would still be possible to argue that, unfair as that may be, we should just move on. Such persons might argue that the past can't be undone, and anyway, the fact that white folks in previous generations created a system of racism and white supremacy is not the fault of whites living today. so why should whites today have to deal with the residue of other folks' actions?" After reading through this extensive chapter, i agree with Tim, white today are privileged because of Americas past, because we are the majority, and because of racism and prejudice. I think it is unfair and wrong but it's something that needs to be faced head-on. We cannot just look past our problems of race and act like it isn't there because it is and its very real. Tim says, "Rather, the most commonly heard refrain from educators, in my experience with them, is something to the effect that they 'treat all kids the same and don't even see color' when they look at them. Putting aside the absurdity of the claim itself-studies have long indicated that we tend to make very fine distinctions based on color, and that we notice color differences almost immediately-color blindness is, in fact, not the proper goal of fair-minded educators in the first place. The kids in those classrooms do have a race, and their race matters, because it says a lot about the kinda of challenges they are likely to face. To not see color is; as Julian Bond had noted, to not see the consequences of color." Now i know that's a very long quotes but i find it very important. The goal is NOT to see everyone the same because nobody is the same. It is obvious that a white man and a black man are not the same, and even two white men are not the same. To look at everyone the same is to be ignorant and it is taking away from what people do to make them be unique. If a teacher sees all their students the same, then they cannot see the students that struggle and need help in their class because they put all of the students on the same level. Tim Wise talked about teachers and how if you attatched them to a polyograph and asked them questions refering to racial groups, if the teacher was honest and said that they see no racist or classist views then they would be thanked and sent away; but if they endorsed that then the school sees it as a potential danger and fires them. What do teachers think? I have no idea, But i want to end my post with this quote... "It doesn't matter, by the way, if you're a white kid who grew up around black and brown folks. It doesn't matter if you had black freinds-I mean  really  had them, and really friends, not just acquaintances. If you're white you simple will not, cannot, understand race, or even see that race matters at that age. there is no reason that you should; no experience would have forced the issue; and few parents would have sat you down to begin the lesson."