White Privilege Article Review Although the conditions that Peggy McIntosh writes about in her article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” are not as present as they were in the past and the United States has been moving away from race being and identifying factor of a person‚ RACISM is still a modern issue in the US. I would say about seventy percent of what is on that list still is in effect today. Being Latino has proved this to me. Living in specific areas or cities where youth
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References: Finn‚ J.L.‚ & Jacobson‚ M. (2008). Justice practice: A social justice approach to social work (2nd ed.). Peosta‚ IA: Eddie Bowers. McIntosh‚ P. (1989). White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack. Peace and freedom‚ 10-12. McLaughlin‚ A. (2002). Social work ’s legacy: Irreconcilable differences? Clinical Social Work Journal‚ 30(2)‚ 187-198. Mullaly‚ B. (2010). Challenging oppression and confronting privilege (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford
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This is such an important topic and one that can have an extremely positive or negative impact on our professional career. The first step in improving cultural competency is understanding ethnocentrism. Garthwait defines ethnocentrism as believing one’s own cultural is superior to another’s. Having knowledge of ethnocentrism will help me identify when it is happening and take the necessary steps to lessen its affects. Self-examination may not identify my gaps in cultural competency‚ for this reason
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hypothesis is: According to Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege survey‚ she suggests that white people are privileged with what she describes as “an invisible package of unearned assets‚ which I (Peggy McIntosh) can count on cashing in each day‚ but about which I was ‘meant’ to remain oblivious. White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions maps‚ passports‚ code books‚ visas‚ clothes‚ tools‚ and blank checks” (McIntosh‚ 1988). I suggest that with the changing of
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feelings of white individuals over those that the writer‚ whether deliberately or inadvertently‚ has deemed as “other”. Ahmed would have focused on the self serving elements of Peggy McIntosh’s piece‚ deconstructing McIntosh “unpacking of [the] invisible knapsack”. In doing so‚ Ahmed would seek to reveal that despite how commendable McIntosh’s intentions may have first appeared‚ her piece is actually far more beneficial for her than it beneficial for actually resolving the problems of white privilege
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Salina Bailey-Darling WST 250 Midterm 10/10/13 I’ve decided to do my in-dept analysis based on clips from the reality television show entitled‚ Love & Hip Hop New York. I thought this would be the perfect show to analyze because it is not fiction; it includes real life people and events. Throughout my analysis I will show how white privilege‚ internal and external racism‚ and sexism are all factors that people are faced with on a daily basis without even realizing it. The people that I will
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In Rothenberg’s Race‚ Class‚ and Gender in the United States‚ Rothenberg explains‚ “the categories of gender‚ race‚ and class are themselves socially constructed” (Rothenberg 8). In other words‚ Rothenberg is explaining that the perceptions of race‚ class‚ gender‚ and sexuality are merely founded upon conjectures of reality established by society. For example‚ until the founding of particular understandings concerning race in the late 1700s‚ Africans and Europeans did not recognize differences between
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Education 305 White Privilege This week’s reading by Peggy McIntosh’s‚ White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack really resonated with me. It forced me to think about how being white grants a person a set of positive privileges that others don’t have. Because of this‚ I felt compelled to write a response. I will start with her argument‚ make a comparison to another reading‚ provide the context for her article‚ and lastly issue some of my own opinions on the topic. Argument McIntosh’s
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Each author from these five readings: “White Privilege:Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”‚ by Peggy McIntosh‚ “Becoming Entrepreneurs: Intersections of Race‚ Class‚ and Gender at the Black Beauty Salon”‚ by Adia Harvey‚ “Chappals and Gym Shorts”‚ by Almas Sayeed‚ “Media Magic:Making Class Invisible”‚ by Gregory Mantsios‚ and lastly “The Great Gatsby” by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ use their personal experience and interest to write a personal
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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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