Sociology / Unit 7 Soc 1060 short lesson, about 20 seconds
White Privilege
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The idea
White privilege names the unearned benefits a person receives from being classified as White, whether or not that person asked for or notices them.
In practice
Peggy McIntosh described it as an invisible set of provisions she carried without having chosen it.
Where people slip
Naming a structural condition is not a claim about any individual's character or effort.
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