The Culture of Power

What is the Culture of Power?

I recently learned that the culture of power is a white male, in his thirties, in the upper-middle class, heterosexual, and so on. Many people who are in the culture of power, do no realize they are in the culture of power. It is not that they are ignorant (although some may be), it is that they aren’t exposed to certain things. The people in the culture of power don’t realize the opportunities that are presented to them. I know I never realized the opportunities that I had were from the culture of power.

What Can Society Do About the Culture of Power?

My answer to this question may seem very optimistic and maybe unattainable, but I do believe that schools can start to limit the culture of power or at least expand it. Society already started this with our newly elected President.

Teachers should start to expand their students’ mind about who should be in the culture of power— which should be everyone. The culture of power tells society what should be learned, who should do what, and even controls who would be successful. Those in the culture of power try to keep the same type of people on power, which are usually white males. Teachers and society need to change this way of thinking. They need to change the culture of power. Society needs to teach our students to allow a more diverse community in the culture of power.