The Invisible Package Of Privilege Analysis

This article was extremely interesting and thought-provoking, I feel as if it’s something that most people should read in their lifetime. The very first sentence is something along the lines of racism is mainly taught to people as being see in individual acts of meanness, not hidden systems that give dominance to a certain group of people and I honestly think that’s what society taught to the white people I knew from my younger years. McIntosh also goes on to tie in male privilege and how while some men may admit that they have more privilege than women, they also never are willing to give away some of that privilege. Which is also seen in a variety of situations, such as straight privilege or heterosexism and how we constantly hear about it …show more content…
I also really liked that she pointed out the distinct difference between the privileges that everyone deserves in a just society and the ones to oppress other groups. She just so wonderfully breaks down white privilege and how a white person benefits from it and granted there is always more to improve on and I totally believe that there are some parts of this paper that people make take an issue to and now with my educational level, I’m blind to those faults or expanded horizons that others have but I am very excited to hear the rest of my peers opinions and discuss this topic with our