Chapter 2

Chapter two talks about how Americans are in trouble due to their actions between one another. Johnson talks about how people use privilege to feel better about them and be more accepted amongst those we look up to. In order to feel superior a privilege group will often show violence or discrimination towards a group of people they think they are better than. Johnson states that in order to change the current situation is to acknowledge the problem at hand on both sides of the issue. If the privileged group never admits to their being a problem the under privileged will stay that way.
By social construction the message can get across to the privileged and help to end what we experience today. Once the problem is acknowledged then a solution can be acknowledged as well. In order to demonstrate his point he showed comparisons of privileged to unprivileged groups. The groups showed handicapped with non- handicapped, homosexual and heterosexual, whites to blacks, and males and females. All the underprivileged groups, homosexual, blacks, non-handicapped, and women were found to be less likely to get a price on a car.
Privilege is a problem and needs to be taken care or our society will continue to suffer. Johnson brings up a valid point that each sides needs to recognize the differences between us and why that results in a privileged group? If both sides come together the fabric of our society will remain intact and we will be able to live together with out hatred. The fact that one person can feel dominant to another sickens me and needs to strike everyone as wrong. Though I do not believe we will see this happen in our lifetime if an effort was made America could become truly unified. We have progressed, slowly but surely, and in time the color of skin or gender may some day be irrelevant.
Johnson’s writing in Chapter two showed information the presence of discrimination and the effects it has on society. It showed that homosexuals, blacks, non-handicapped, and women were all subjected to being harassed far more than there counter part privileged group. There is no way it can be acceptable for a group of people o be unsure if they can take the subway without encountering attacks. There is no way someone should fear what may be said at work. There is absolutely no way we should tolerate discrimination of any kind in our society.