Race

Race is a constructed identity. The various "races" are not biologically based.

No biological basis for dividing the human species into four or five groups based on skin color exists.

Race: A group with which people identify, determined by the area of the world in which they or their ancestors have originated. People may choose one race or more than one race when completing the 2010 Census questionnaire. www.census.gov

Instead, racial categories are the product of how particular cultures have viewed skin color. What does skin color say about a person?

A Look at Race Relations through a Child's Eyes

What does it mean

to be "color blind?"

Socio-Economic: Who's wealthy in America?

White Privilege, Racism, White Denial & The Cost of Inequality

Privilege

Privileged?

What does it mean to be privileged in the United States?

Are you privileged?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you#.nyv5jYxVE

how children view race bias

Webster Dictionary

privilege

noun priv·i·lege \ˈpriv-lij, ˈpri-və-\

: a right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others

: a special opportunity to do something that makes you proud

: the advantage that wealthy and powerful people have over other people in a society

Unpacking the Invisible Backpack

https://www.isr.umich.edu/home/diversity/resources/white-privilege.pdf

1. a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.

"education is a right, not a privilege"

synonyms: advantage, benefit; More something regarded as a rare opportunity and bringing particular pleasure.

"I have the privilege of awarding you this scholarship"

synonyms: honor, pleasure "it was a privilege to meet her"

noun: absolute privilege; plural noun: absolute privileges

Privilege:

• An invisible set of unearned rights, benefits, or assets that belong to certain individuals simply by virtue of their membership in a particular non-target group.

• Privilege is a dynamic system of overlapping benefits which may act to any particular individual’s benefit in one set of circumstances and to that person’s detriment in another.

"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion"

Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/13/us-wealth-inequality-top-01-worth-as-much-as-the-bottom-90

Mellody Hobson: Color blind or color brave?

The Invisible Backpack