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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1White privilege.................................................................................................................................1Intersectionality................................................................................................................................2Cultural competencies......................................................................................................................3Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTIONWhite privilege refers to the societal privilege that offers various advantages to whitepeople as compared with non-white people. It is a type of set of advantages that are provided tothose people who in terms of race dominate the powerful positions in the institutions.Intersectionality can be defined as the concept that describes the intersection between differentsocial domains like age, gender etc. that produce different level of privilege and power forindividuals Black (2018) . Cultural diversity refers to the quality of different cultures it is theopposite of monoculture. The term cultural competencies refers to the capability tocommunicate, understand and effectively interact with other people across different cultures. TheEssay will outline how the concept of white privilege is related with cultural diversity, how itmay affect people belonging to diverse groups. Further, it will describe the relation ofintersectionality with cultural diversity. Moreover, the Essay will explain how culturalcompetencies support people belonging from diverse groups, how understanding ofintersectionality help practitioner to support people from different groups, White privilegeIt is the inherent benefit which is received by people with white skin over non-whitepersons in Australia. Because of their color Australian citizens are getting unearned benefitswhich is discrimination on the bases of race. White privilege is related with cultural diversity as in Australia many of the people getunseen advantage because of their culture of being members of particular societal group whereasindigenous people are treated as objects or dominated by others. Multiculturalism policies arehere from post war period. Racism is not considered as intention of particular person, it is thehistorical inequality which is encouraged by society in which white people get more privilegethan others Kendall, F. (2019). White privilege impacts on the diverse group members, as many times they do not getproper facilities in the country which affect their life style to great extent. Government ofAustralia has made several laws to minimize culture or race discrimination. But still whitepeople think that culture is powerful hence they do not react with non-while individual properly. Example- Anthropologist Elizabeth Povineli work based on cunning of recognition is thegreat example of presence of while privilege in Australia. This book reflects the impact of racismover modern Australian law and society as well. US constitution revels holding of black people1

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