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    Robert Strode In Peggy McIntosh’s article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible backpack” we see detailed examples of how white people are extremely privileged in ways that people of other races may never understand. Even though sometimes we do not realize this is happening it has been seen to be true in many things throughout history and in the world today. One of the parts of this article that caught my eye and made me think a bit was the list of 26 white privileges that McIntosh wrote about in

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    Wei Li Mr. Muhammad African American History March 4‚ 2012 White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack The list comprised in this article is unfortunately true and eye opening. Many white people are unaware of the natural advantages that are written here. They take it for granted thinking everyone else is also entitled to these rights. Since I am not white‚ I can clearly see that these are privileges given to whites only. I can even say that I have never experience some of the things

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    a simple concept: white privilege refers to the both minor and significant advantages that white people have in today’s American society. To be honest reading this article was a huge eye opener for me. I still struggle with both believing that white privilege exists and figuring out how to get rid of it. I have never felt that I was privileged to be white‚ however‚ I suppose that could be because as McIntosh states “whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege” After reading

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    As white privilege different ethnicity groups have privilege too but do they have the same privileges? Maybe they do but they do not put too much thought to them. That is the case with me I have many privileges that can relate to race‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ and social class. For example‚ the privilege of assisting and have some relations with the church. I just go to church like once a month because I do not put much effort on going and having some free time to go and spend at least an hour in church

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    an essay‚ and then a criticism of analysis of said essay. Peggy McIntosh’s 1988 essay “White privilege and male privilege: A personal account of coming to see correspondences through work in women’s studies” on the topic of white privilege was put under the lens in “McIntosh as Synecdoche”. Critics viewed it as incomplete and not productive in solving the problem of racism in the world. While there was much left unsaid about white privilege in her essay‚ it could be viewed as an important conversation

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    Peddy McIntosh highlighted various unearned white privileges in her autobiographical article “White Privilege‚ Color and Crime: A Personal Account.” She illustrated the white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets that one white person could count on cashing in each day. White people have these privileges given to them by the society in which they live in. The same society taught them to be ignorant and unawareness of these privileges. This system of unearned privileges established

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    Privilege/Oppression “White Privilege and Male Privilege” by Peggy McIntosh “Domination and Subordination” by J.B. Miller “Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name” by Gloria Yamato “Oppression” by Marilyn Frye 1) The article “White Privilege and Male Privilege” by Peggy Mcintosh discusses how just being born into the race of the majority (for now)‚ and being born a man gives a whole host of helpful things in life that create an advantage over those who were not born Caucasian

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    will be white privilege. White privilege is an advantage that white people have over non-whites and it is manifested by preferential treatment. By analyzing Difference Matters by Brenda Allen‚ White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh and Jennifer Pozner’s article in Barclay Barrios’ Emerging‚ we can understand white privilege as an rarely talked about concept but certainly can be recognized when people of other races are treated less fairly as if they are below white people

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    White privilege Having a benefit because of your skin color is not a good thing. Some people think that because they are white they should have privilege that others don’t. That seems pretty dumb to me being a white men. White privilege is defined as an advantage that white people enjoyed or have over others non-white persons. It could be a transparent preference for whiteness. In my opinion we should all be treated equally as human beings because God made each of us different so that the world

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    White Privilege A variety of factors within our society prevent equal opportunity. We still live in a racialized society where the color of our skin often determines how we are treated. Many white people do not recognize‚ or want to recognize that race still significantly impacts lives. Many white people are taught growing up not to think as racial beings‚ and this may contribute to many denying the privileges that go along with being white. Historically‚ the goal for equality and opportunity

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