I completely agree with you that people have different "advantages" based on skin color. However, if whites had fewer advantages than I assume, oppression would also decrease, leading to possible equality. McIntosh provides a list that illustrates how white privilege has affected his life. “I didn't have to educate our children to be aware of systemic racism for their daily protection (Shaw, Lee, 88).” Being Arab-American, my parents constantly told me and my siblings that we needed to be careful about saying the “wrong” things about the government. In Dearborn we don't encounter many obstacles considering there are many Arab Americans, however, as soon as we leave Dearborn, we are faced with constant stares, derogatory comments and sometimes even physical violence. In the education system it is usually given consideration to whites. For example, “as a white person, I realized that I had been taught that racism was something that puts others at a disadvantage, but I had been taught not to see one of its corollaries, white privilege, that puts me ahead (Shaw, Lee,