Amanda's Classroom Observation

In my Service Learning I see a lot of under privileged students.  In the time I was there, there were a few days that were "dress up days".  There was silly sock day, pajama day and a Valentine's Day dance.  As I observed the classroom those days, I noticed that most of the same students did not participate by dressing up.  When my teacher Ms. Wilson was telling me about the Valentines Day dance, she told me about how one boy was dressed up very nicely.  He had on a little suit with a tie and dress shoes.  When she told me which boy it was, it was the white boy in the class.  This made me think of McIntosh's piece about white privilege.  I'm guessing that the other boys in the class looked adorable as well (I mean they're in first grade, they're all at least kind of cute haha) they probably just weren't in a suit that was as noticeable.  I see this as white privilege, that the white student has or at least appears to have more money than the others.  The quote from the article “12. I can swear, or dress in second-hand clothes or not answer letters without having people attribute these choices to the bad morals, the poverty, or the illiteracy of my race.” really explains the white privilege of money, race and the way they dress.

This cartoon is a great example of that quote.