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    In their essays‚ both Anyon and Gatto’s made a similar and critical argument that schools have been teaching an "invisible curriculum". In his essay "The seven-lesson school teacher"‚ Gatto pointed out that the 12-year elementary education is no less than a jail sentence where "bad habits" (p.19) are the only curriculum have been learned (P.19). Anyon‚ in his "Social Class and The Hidden Curriculum of Work" also implied that there is a hidden curriculum being learned when students are only taught

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    this assumption‚ it is safe to believe that a non-white three year old would be likely to bring home a white “baby sister” because the three year old wouldn’t realize that there is a difference. White people are put at an advantage with an “invisible knapsack of privileges”. 2. There is a link between real estate value and school segregation. Inequalities in wealth have contributed to the long-term inequality between blacks and whites in the United States. As a general statement‚ whites are usually

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    blacks. I hadn’t actually seen racism in action from anyone here. Now‚ after watching the film Crash and reading the essays “Blinded by the White: Crime‚ Race and Denial at Columbine High” written by Tim Wise and “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” written by McIntosh‚ my understanding of race‚ diversity‚ and communications have changed. Racism‚ which seems to be something people learn from what they see or what they were raised around‚ may not be as noticeable in Bend but its still everywhere

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    1-10. Web. 11 Dec 2012 Makalani‚ Minkah. “A Biracial Identity or a New Race? The Historical Limitations and Political Implications of a Biracial Identity”. Souls‚ (2001): 83-112. Web 11 Dec. 2012 McIntosh‚ Peggy. “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” Independent School‚ 1990: 1-5. Web. 12 Dec. 2012 O’Quinn‚ Kyaiene D. “Biracial Identity Formation: A Race Stratification Approach.” University of Pittsburgh. (Material not dated): 1-10. Web. 11 Dec. 2012

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    this includes happiness‚ career‚ health‚ relationship‚ recreations and money (Deal 2012‚ pg. 10). In reference to the question‚ it is easier for Westerners to succeed as they have ‘white privilege’. White privilege is often referred to as an invisible knapsack. This means that white people are given advantages in life because their way of living is considered the right way‚ making them more dominant (Guerin & Taylor 2014‚ pg. 65). This is evident in different aspects of live for

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    Racism in Canada has been demonstrated clearly by the sense of “whiteness” or white privilege. Just as there are racial identities of color in Canada‚ there is also a white racial identity. Peggy McIntosh‚ in her article “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack‚ has defined the concept as a “packet of unearned assets that white people could count on cashing each day‚ and about which they were meant to ream oblivious” (McIntosh‚ 1990). In her article‚ Peggy McIntosh had listed some privileges put forth

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    In this essay‚ Richard Dyer takes a look into the ways race is handled by the media. For the most part‚ race is a term that’s only applied to non-white people. White people are not racially seen. The media tends to see whites as the human norm‚ which is far from the truth when you look at the numbers. This is a product of Western media‚ which penetrates its way into books‚ films‚ museums‚ television‚ etc. As Dyer writes‚ “At the level of racial representation… whites are not of a certain race;

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    long. Racism is defined as a system of advantage based on race. Due to this racism‚ white people are those that receive the greatest advantage. White privilege is the term given to that advantage. According to Peggy McIntosh‚ “white privilege is an invisible package of unearned assets” (McIntosh‚ 1). George Lipsitz similarly defined white privilege as “the unmarked category against which difference is constructed” (Lipsitz‚ 1). This privilege has worked its way to underpinning the systemic inequality

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    State University Abstract This paper is about my reflection of White Privilege in the United States. I got my information from four resources. The first resource was the handout provided for this assignment; White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack‚ by Peggy McIntosh. The second resource was the website‚ www.jstor.com. Access is provided via Northeastern State University as a resource for peer-reviewed articles. Thirdly‚ the textbook‚ Cultural Diversity‚ by Jerry Diller was used as a

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    distorting of historical information about people of color leads people of all ages to make assumptions that may go unchallenged for a long time. Along similar lines of thought‚ Peggy McIntosh notes in her essay “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” that “when I am told about our national heritage or about ‘civilization’‚ I am shown that people of my color made it what it is” (395). It is clear when reading feminist literature‚ that representations of groups of people have long term affects

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