As I mentioned in class, Alice Goffman’s privilege was something I felt was a shortcoming for her in this book. Even though see acknowledges her privilege in her methodological notes, I would have liked for her \u00a0to talk about how she grapples with her privilege a bit more. I think her methodological notes were a very good and necessary addition to the book. I did appreciate that she took the time to explain how she got to 6th Street and how she formed relationships in the book. But I wanted her to talk more about what it meant to live there as a upper class White woman. What preconceptions did she have before going into the neighborhood? How shocking was it going from living at a place like UPenn to living on 6th street?<\/p>\n
This book also made me think about how\/if the situations described by Goffman would change not only if her race was different but also her gender. If she were a White male, would Mike treat her more like one of the boys or not want to deal with her because she would look like a cop. How would she be treated as a Black man? A Black woman? The list could go on. It’s interesting to considered how her identity would change how people would react to her and act around her in certain situations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As I mentioned in class, Alice Goffman’s privilege was something I felt was a shortcoming for her in this book. Even though see acknowledges her privilege in her methodological notes, I would have liked for her \u00a0to talk about how she grapples with her privilege a bit more. I think her methodological notes were a … Continue reading Negotiating Privilege<\/span>