Johnson chapter 4

In chapter four Johnson talks about making privilege happen. We tend to give privilege to some people, and others are just ignored or have their privilege taken away. Racism has been present for a while now and Johnson talks about racism in society today.
Johnson then goes on to talk about racism, privilege, and organizations. Johnson gives some good examples of how racism plays a role in our society today. For example student of different ethnicities may be treated differently in the college setting, or banks will deny certain people for loans that they may need. It was stated that black people are the most residentially segregated. Racism can lead to many different actions, but the main act would be violence. Privilege can separate people dramatically, or connect them in a way. Being privileged can mean a lack of diversity. When organizations lack diversity the environment can be challenging, which in turn can upset the employees and encourage them to resign. Today women are still making less then man and the wage gap has increased dramatically since the 1908s. Although the work force is still greatly segregated maybe things will start to change in the future.
Johnson stated that African Americans and Latinos having a college education does not account for much in the work force, and a lot of other ethnic groups that make major accomplishments are ignored or are rarely heard of. Why do we desegregate schools and want everyone to get along, but what is going on in today’s society is the same issues that were going on many years ago? I think that something drastic has to change in order for society to change. Right now it doe not even seem like people want much change because the privileged people want to stay privileged and feel like they are better than others. How are people really supposed to get out of poverty if they do not even have a chance? I think that no matter what goes on in society one group is never going to get along with a another group.
I think that this chapter was interesting because of the facts Johnson stated about the work force. Being an African American female and the first to go to college in my family I feel like I do have a lot of pressure to succeed. And what I want most is to prove people wrong and that I’m not going to fall into the category of one of those statistics.