Monday, July 14, 2008

Knous Entry 4

I found this cartoon online at cartoonstock.com and I selected it because I do enjoy humor in pictures. The cartoon is simply two men walking out of a coffee shop with a sign that says "milk, sugar, valium." One man says to the other "just don't let the old man get you down."
This connects to the material in the way of a person can be priveleged in certain ways but not feel it. These two men in the cartoon are both white, nondisabled males, and if one assumes they are both heterosexual, they would be a +4 in the matrix of privelage. Although being a +4 they are still walking out of a store that specializes in caffeine and anti-depressants talking about not letting "The Man" get them down. "The Man" referring to the system in which they work and live in and are obviously feel oppressed by. Judging these men by their clothes they have pretty decent jobs too. So, two white, nondisabled heterosexual men with jobs they presumable go to with suites on, one would think that these men would not be feeling oppressed what so ever, but by the caption they are. This clearly shows how simply because you can be privileged in all areas of the matrix doesn't mean you will feel privileged, as Johnson had stated.

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