Topic > A Critical Analysis of the Ghetto Side by Jill Leovy

She doesn't seem to realize that they intimidate people from the poor community. In “On Racism and White Privilege” Jennifer R. Holladay talks about the advantages and advantages of being a white woman in America. He says one of the benefits is that “store security personnel or law enforcement do not harass me, stop me, or follow me because of my race.” Holladay didn't realize that people of color are harassed simply because of the color of their skin. She later told her white colleagues that she was stopped by a police officer for driving fast but also because she is a white woman who was out late at night in Rosa Parks. They all agreed that they, too, would feel frustrated if they found themselves in Holladay's position. But when she told a black colleague, he reacted differently. Holladay's black colleague said: "You never have to worry about these things, do you Jennifer?" If the cop had stopped Holladay's black colleague for driving at a high rate of speed, perhaps the story would have been different. Being a white woman in a dangerous place meant Holladay had to get to safety. But if she had been Holladay's colleague, she would have been seen as a dangerous black woman speeding. You could say that people are intimidated by different things, for some it could be the cops. Cops tend to intimidate more people of color. If police officers treated everyone they interact with with the same level of respect there would be more justice and less