MarcATL
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This is THE DEFINITIVE read on what White Privilege (in America) is.
If you're serious about getting to the bottom of this issue then read this article.
A very interesting part of this article covers the daily effects of white privilege which include...
It goes on to 50.
Source: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
It's a pretty comprehensive article folks.
I highly recommend it.
If you're serious about getting to the bottom of this issue then read this article.
A very interesting part of this article covers the daily effects of white privilege which include...
- I can if I wish arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time.
- I can avoid spending time with people whom I was trained to mistrust and who have learned to mistrust my kind or me.
- If I should need to move, I can be pretty sure of renting or purchasing housing in an area which I can afford and in which I would want to live.
- I can be pretty sure that my neighbors in such a location will be neutral or pleasant to me.
- I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed.
- I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.
- When I am told about our national heritage or about "civilization," I am shown that people of my color made it what it is.
It goes on to 50.
Source: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
It's a pretty comprehensive article folks.
I highly recommend it.
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