Tanya Langlois

BLOG POST 1  Privilege, Power and Difference Allan G Johnson Reflection I found this reading to be very interesting, and it really made me think, especially the section titled  “What Privilege Looks Like in Everyday Life.”  It didn’t take me long to think of an event in my life where I experienced white privilege. At the time, I believed my reaction was driven solely by fear, but looking back, I can see that race also played a significant role. The part of the reading that resonated most with my experience was when Johnson states,  “Whites can generally assume that when they go out in public, they won’t be challenged and asked to explain what they’re doing, nor will they be attacked by hate groups simply because of their race”  (p. 28). It was 2001, just six days after September 11, and I was about to leave for my honeymoon in Aruba. We were at Logan Airport, and there were delay after delay. Flights were just becoming operational, and this was one of the first ...

About me…  Hi, my name is Tanya. I am a mom to three children ages 22, 19 and 16. My oldest Jake, is starting his last semester at URI and will be graduating in May with a Mechanical Engineering Degree . My other son is also at RIC and is in his second year studying to be a Physical Eduction teacher . Fun fact is that we are both taking the same class except he is taking the undergrad version. My youngest daughter is a junior in high school. She is a competitive cheerleader and trains over 15 hours a week in her sport. We travel around the country competing. In fact we just came home on Monday from Indianapolis . She has won several national competitions as well as Worlds , where she competed against teams from… you guessed it.. all over the world. My life is my kids and I am happiest when they are all home with me.  I head to the gym every workday at 5am with my best friend.Its hard getting up but it’s a great way to start my day! When I am not at home I enjoy spending time...