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    McIntosh‚ Peggy. "White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack." (1990). The beginning of this article discusses how men exhibit privilege in society over women‚ and either fail to admit to the privilege‚ or fail to actually do anything about it. The reason being is that men would have to disadvantage themselves‚ in a sense. McIntosh discusses both topics of male privilege and white privilege‚ stating that white people have been trained to be blind to see white privilege‚ but wholly benefit

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    White Privilege: The Invisible Knapsack‚ by Peggy Mcintosh illustrates an image of white superiority over other colored people. Peggy knapsack is lecturer and associate director at the Wellesley College Center where she does her research. Specifically focusing on women‚ gender equality and multi culture. Her legitimacy derives out of being some of the firsts scholars to examine whites to be measured in racial categories. Beginning with one of her first arguments‚ the author states that much like

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    In the article‚ “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”‚ Peggy McIntosh talks about the various privileges white people receive. Her basic idea was to inform the readers that whites are taught to ignore the fact that they enjoy social privileges that people of color do not because we live in a society of white dominance. McIntosh lists some daily white privileges; a variety of daily instances where white dominance is clear. Her examples include privileges relating to education‚ careers

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    I read the article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh. After reading this article I felt that she was able to identify with people of color because she is a woman. Men have more advantages than women do; white people have more advantages than colored people do. I really liked how she compared the two but also said that they are different. This helps a person that has no idea of what privilege is to understand the concept better. She mentioned in her article that

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    In 1988 Peggy McIntosh wrote an article called “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”. In the article she described the daily effects of white privilege and examples of conditions that prove one has white privilege. The condition that stood out the most to me was item number forty-six‚ “I can chose blemish cover or bandages in “flesh” color and have them more or less match my skin”. I remember seeing a bit on the news about this problem a few years ago. The fact that “nude” is usually

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    Peggy McIntosh’s "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" one of the first appeals to text I see is logos. We see such techniques in the first few paragraphs were she goes on to use logic to explain that because male privilege obviously exists and because men‚ while admitting women do have a disadvantage in society‚ can’t see their advantage in being male‚ then‚ because of interlocking hierarchies in our society‚ the same must go for whites when it comes to white privilege. Meanwhile for

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    In White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack‚ Peggy McIntosh provides vivid examples on how "white privilege" is considered to be unapparent for many white individuals and negatively affects people of color. White privilege is an “unearned advantage” given to Caucasian individuals‚ as it “confers dominance” by establishing that the is white race is superior (McIntosh‚ 1990). With white privilegewhite individuals are protected from the “hostility‚ distress‚ and violence‚” which is often

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    White privilege is refers to the advantages inherent in being categorized as White. White privilege is usually not something a White person can notice but more of feature that come with being in the White race. It is not a privilege that exists but it is set in motion by people and is enacted upon. As Golash- Boza points out‚ A privilege enjoyed by White Americans would be not being followed around in a store because they are statistically less likely to shoplift. Also a privilege pointed out that

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    Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Reaction Paper It is easy for me to walk into a stationery store and find a greeting card appropriate for my family or most of my friends. But recently‚ my husband and I wanted to send a card to dear friends who just had a baby girl. But we had a challenging experience finding the right card. The problem was not in the lack of congratulatory messages‚ but in the lack of cards which properly identify with our friends. Our friends are African American

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    of an Invisible Knapsack is powerful and fully agree with the idea of viewing the unprivileged. We are grown to believe every race is equal. We have the same opportunities are capable of achieving the same goal. When in reality it is the Invisible Knapsack that protects the idea of “equality.” When introducing the Knapsack it enables a better perspective of advantages. Growing up the lesson‚ was we are capable of so much with determination. That is broad and containing the Invisible Knapsack. Will

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