I Am A White, Heterosexual, Christian Female - 1661 Words

I am a white, heterosexual, Christian female. In today’s society, there can be three issues with my cultural identity. As a white person today, there are many stigmas that are faced, along with many cultural biases. As a Christian, there are also major social biases that are brought forth regularly. In today’s world, many people choose to talk about white privilege; however, there are also many other forms of privilege that are considered too taboo to speak about in public. While I will not deny that there are â€Å"white privileges†, there is a legitimate case that there is also â€Å"black privilege†, â€Å"non-Christian privilege†, and even â€Å"Asian privilege†. With each of these cases, I have my own personal experience. Asian Privilege Of the forms†¦show more content†¦I spoke to my teacher about it and an investigation was started. Not long after, my leaf pages were discovered in the booklet of a student in the class that was of Asian descent. This student proceeded to protest the findings because he was â€Å"an Asian.She is white...Asians are too smart to steal things from regular, white students just to get a good grade.† These were his exact words. My teacher then decided that he must be right and continued her search for my papers. After her search turned up nothing, I returned to the Asian student and asked to borrow the papers in question. When I matched them up with the papers in my booklet, they were an exact match. Had my teacher not listened to the student and his â€Å"I am an Asian and too smart for that† speech, the hunt would have been over many days earlier that it was. While this is in no way the only form of â€Å"Asian privilege†, it is my personal experience with t he subject. I strongly feel that this is a subject that needs to be discussed along with the â€Å"black/white privilege† issues. 2. Non-Christian Privilege Another issue facing today’s Americans is the idea of â€Å"Christian privilege†. I do not deny that there are some privileges to being a Christian, but I also feel strongly about showing both sides of the proverbial coin. There are also notable â€Å"non-Christian privileges†. By non-Christian, I am encompassing Muslim, atheist, and most other religions, as this is my