Peggy Mcinntosh Discrimination

Peggy McIntosh makes an interesting point on her article. It is true that desegregation and discrimination is still remaining as part of America. The silent separation remains within race, social class, sex, ethnicity, and religion. As a part of the minority, I could relate to the content of this article. For example, I find it difficult to buy a get well card without it referencing to God or any other cards that contain an image of people from race other than white. I believe we were taught by our environment and own nature to turn blind-eyed to our imperfection. As I was reading her article, it remains me of a quote: “ fish don't know they are in water.” It makes me think of the white people as a fish and the white privilege as the water. Ones lose the sense to identify a certain element in their daily life. The white people overlooked the community's selective advantage for them and take it for granted. In the beginning of the passage, McIntosh talks about how men are unwilling to admit to their superior advantage to the women's.
In result, it is difficult for them to see the struggles of non-white people. McIntosh acknowledges this fact and was able to isolate herself from the community in order to look closely at the gap between the white people and the non-white people. Her tone was very neutral, she was not trying to be in favor to neither groups. I also appreciate the fact that she mentioned how she would forget these inequalities if she did not record them down in writing. It shows that she actually performed an observation to to be able to perceive the actual problems in the community, not making up a fake information to support her claims. In addition, her struggle to memorize the white privilege also support her earlier statement about the white people's inability to distinguish the intangible