Privilege (revisited)

Privilege- Johnson also mentions this in his chapter "Privilege, Oppression, and Difference" in his book Privilege, Power, and Difference as an advantage over others simply because of the group of people you belong to whether that group is economical, ethnic, or some other characteristic. He also mentions there are two types of privileges on pp.22-23, unearned and conferred dominance. Unearned privilege is privileges all people should have, but for some reason only select groups have. Conferred dominance is when you give one group of people power over another in certain social aspects.

Week 2 addition:
Johnson talks about how privilege doesn't depend simply on race or gender or such one-dimensional views of identity. In chapter 3 Capitalism, Class, and the Matrix of Domination of his book Privilege, Power, and Difference discusses that privilege depends on all parts of who you are. In some ways , one is privileged and in other way, one is oppressed. He gives the example on pp. 52+53 that a colored man can be privileged as a man, but oppressed as a colored person. The overall amount of privilege someone feels depends on all facets of their identity and not simply if they are a man or a woman or whether they are black or white.
Also, privilege is determined by those in capitalistic societies that are at the top of the economic ladder of classes. They can decide who is privileged, and Johnson give the example on p. 46-47 that whiteness was considered a privilege by the wealthy and thus, racism began to seep into society and oppressed minorities.