Analysis on White Privilege and White Male Oppression



Analysis on White Privilege and White Male Oppression

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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

This is a reaction paper to the article written by Peggy McIntosh, entitled as White privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. The article starts up with the statement that says, “I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group” (McIntosh, 1988). She furthers stated that as a white person, we have been taught about racism that others are at disadvantage, however we have not been taught to take ...