Peggy mcintosh unpacking the invisible knapsack summary
Seed peggy mcintosh
Peggy mcintosh unpacking the invisible knapsack pdf!
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
This article is about the essay by Peggy McIntosh. For other uses, see White privilege.
"White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" is a 1989 essay written by American feminist scholar and anti-racist activist Peggy McIntosh.[1][2][3] It covers 50 examples, or hidden benefits,[4] from her perspective, of the privilege white people experience in everyday life.[5]
Themes
McIntosh outlines "invisible systems" at work,[1] as well as the main theme of an "invisible package of unearned assets", examined in the form of a metaphorical knapsack.
The essay features 50 of her insights into experiential white privilege, listed numerically. These have been described as "small benefits that white Americans enjoy every day".[6]
Reception
The Atlantic has written that the intention behind the essay was to inspire "self-reflection, enhancing their capacity
