“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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