Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Privilege is..

                When one thinks of privileges, they automatically link it with having a right that not many others have or an advantage. Opportunities come in many different forms, we often think of rich and fortunate people when we think "privileged" or people that have all the things we want and do not have because they either cost too much or not fit for our lifestyle. Examples that show many different levels of privileges is the way people during Hurricane Sandy. There were people on the street homeless and had to hurry and find shelter, some people didn't have food. Other people had shelter, but it got ruined by floods, others probably had a house full of people and ended up hungry because they did not have food. Also, people lost power and didn't have generators to back it up. Everyone who got advantages of having a home, food, and power got the privilege of not making it through the hurricane. I am not wealthy, but my family and I were very fortunate to have what we needed during the storm to be safe. Our home is located on a hill, so the water runs right off the street, the power did not cut off and we had an abundance of food and even when I realized I ran out of eggs I was able to get in my car shop at Wal-Mart for a bit and get back home. The privilege is that I have my own car, a lot of people do not I did see someone in the rain walking getting soaked.
        I honestly feel that everyone has at least one privilege, but we all have higher wants rather than appreciating what we have. Just to be able to have functioning body parts and being able to read and understand is all a privilege. Celebrities, millionaires, and billionaires are all very privileged especially their kids. For example, Kendall(17) and Kylie(15) Jenner are the daughters of Bruce Jenner and Kris Jenner, the girls are also a part of the whole Kardashian clan, but they really didn't do much. At these young ages, these girls had to get pulled out of high school because of work. Being on the show Keeping up with the Kardashians a mainstream reality show they have had a lot of doors opened to them. They are American socialites, tv personality, models, and brand ambassadors on the west coast for Seventeen Magazine.They can go to 5-star restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner buy the nicest clothes, get their hair and make-up done every day they don't have to do it. They can afford the best name brands and own $1,000 heels and handbags.  They truly are blessed or privileged to get the live this life of luxury. When I was 15-17, I was socially awkward in high school and confused. 

                Since they are in the public eye a lot of girls that are between the ages of 12-17 see their life on tv, twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and their website and strive to live they way they are and have the things they have. People need to realize that it is the simple things in the life and that they are already privileged others just were lucky fortunate enough to work hard enough and fall into fame or very very wealthy life.






A video of billionaires and their privileges 




This is a website inside some of Kendall and Kylie Jenner's life.

2 comments:

  1. You make a good point about the different ways Hurrican Sandy impacted everyone. I was lucky enough not to lose power and nothing happen to me, but my aunt had a tree fall on her shed and she lost everything in it. Some other people had no where to go and were impacted the worst.

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  2. Great points here. Certainly a person who can buy $1000 shoes is privileged, but what do those shoes actually do for the person who owns them?

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