Analysis Of White Privilege The Invisible Knapsack

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Peggy McIntosh wants to differentiate between "earned strength" and "unearned power" on her essay White Privilege: The Invisible Knapsack. She believes that conferred privilege is essentially a given advantage, unearned power through privilege can look like strength when it is just a form of oppression. By saying “humanity” she refers to treating others as less powerful. McIntosh is most likely referring to whites having a subconscious superiority over other social groups, therefore making the ignored groups feel distorted. In order to show her audiences the privileges she listed 50 things she can do or happens on a daily life basis as a white person and this ended with a conclusion that whites have a choice in getting away or the choice in

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