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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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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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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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:
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prioritize the 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
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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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Steven bartly American pluralism 200 Throughout history the United States has had immigrants flock to the united states in hopes of better opportunity. In the eyes of many ‚the United States was land of prosperity and opportunity. This dream of becoming successful from nothing was known as the American dream .It built this nation into what it is today‚ which unfortunately is tainted with many negative aspects. President Clinton once said “ The American Dream that we were all raised on is
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with 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
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advertising. 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
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Northeastern 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
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