Monday, April 9, 2012

White Privilege


“White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”, an article written by Peggy McIntosh, takes a look at the usually overlooked elephant in the room, so to speak: white privilege.  When one looks at their daily lives, assuming they are white, it should be evident in most cases that they take their “privileges” for granted.  These include subtle things such as not being racially profiled by companies or the authorities, to a majority of products in every store imaginable being tailored to the white population.  This goes back centuries to the Europeans, with their empires and later on colonies, which established the idea of “white dominance” worldwide.  Unfortunately, this idea has subtly persisted even to our modern day and age, where being white goes a long way.  As a white myself, I can definitely say that I am one who overlooks this day-to-day advantage that I have available to me without even recognizing it. 

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