Zhanhong Fang Professor Courtney Stanton English Composition 101 November 1‚ 2014 Unpacking our Knapsacks Author Peggy McIntosh shows an idea of white people having more privileges and advantages which make them become the dominant group in society. She uses a metaphor to describe these privileges and advantages as the “invisible knapsack” in her article “White Privilege: The Invisible Knapsack.” McIntosh concentrates on the white people’s unconsciousness of the effects of their privileges and
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part of conversations and I have never had to prove myself as intelligent to the opposite gender‚ or had to work harder to reach my goals due to the colour of my skin. As Peggy McIntosh says in White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack‚ “white privilege is like an invisible knapsack of special provisions‚ codebooks‚ visas‚ clothes‚ tools‚ and blank checks.” After becoming exposed to the concept that I am extremely privileged‚ I became less naive about the subject in order to understand and
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1. Analyse the operation in term of the Servuction model (spilt the operation into as many or few components as you like). What opportunities exist for separation between the visible and invisible service delivery components allowing for streamlining of the “factory”? Hoffman (2011) claims‚ “Service knowledge is acquired differently‚ than knowledge pertaining to goods”. For example: Due to the intangible nature of service it cannot be sampled before‚ but can only be experienced through simultaneous
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Response 2 Peggy McIntosh’s article‚ “White Privileges: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” (1998)‚ asserts that males and white people from birth have certain privileges‚ earned strengths‚ and unearned power. McIntosh supports this claim by identifying some of the daily effects of white privilege she witnesses. McIntosh purpose is to point out the invisible systems of male and white privilege in order to inform the public of the invisible unfairness and to reconstruct it. McIntosh’s intended audience
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Throughout history‚ it is seen that the white race has always been inferior‚ which entitles them to different advantages. These advantages have become customary to everyday life. Peggy McIntosh’s essay White Privileges: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack explores the ideas of the white privilege and the need to abate it. In her study‚ based on her profession and experience‚ McIntosh argues that white people are over privileged‚ and have grown accustomed to these advantages in society. Whites have
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PRIVILEGE 1 PRIVILEGE: Benefits of Being Privileged Sarah Emonts SSW102 Karen McEwen Tuesday‚ October 8th‚ 2013 PRIVILEGE 2 Benefits of Being Privileged Privilege can be defined as a specific right or advantage given or available
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Nicie Prince Interracial Communication Critical Essay 5/26/15 Peggy McIntosh creates an interesting opinion on the invisible impact on the white privileged in the United States in her article‚ White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Given that Peggy is also from the same race what she writes about brings a very interesting perspective to what she says. McIntosh claims there are white people who refuse to see that their color puts them at an advantage even though they agree others are
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me so I chose not to care about. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh explores how it is to be a white woman in society can fall back onto this invisible tent
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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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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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