p. 43-45 The Great White North

"Whites do not recognize or acknowledge their unearned racial privileges because whiteness operates by being invisible, so ubiquitous and entrenched as to appear natural and normative." p. 45

1. White people do not understand the privileges they receive from society, because whiteness as a concept operates by pretending not to exist. 2. This makes the concept of whiteness controversial, as the very people who experience the privileges do not even see themselves as "white", but as people in general, not classified. This is dangerous, as this thought brings forward the thought that this is the way normal people should be treated. Like Frideres, I believe that ignoring whiteness as a concept sidelines other ethnic groups, and alienates those without the privilege of whiteness as not normative, almost classifying them as not people, but as whatever their ethnic group is.