SOWK 250-Social Location Essay
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Rachel Warner grew up in a middle-class Christian family in Jenison, MI where attending church twice on Sundays was an important cultural practice. She was socialized by her parents and siblings to believe Sundays were for attending services. While she participated in this cultural norm, she notes some disadvantages to her social locations including being Asian in a predominantly white community and facing bullying for her appearance. However, she recognizes advantages to being a heterosexual, Protestant, able-bodied female in her 20s. Overall, she has a high probability of professional success due to her social locations, though acknowledges facing oppression as a minority in her hometown.
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By Peggy McIntosh
This article is now considered a classic by anti-racist educators. It has been used in workshops and
classes throughout the United States and Canada for many years. While people of color have described
for years how whites benefit from unearned privileges, this is one of the first articles written by a white
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Through work to bring materials from Womens Studies into the rest of the curriculum, I have
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women are disadvantaged. They may say they will work to improve womens status, in the society, the
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privilege. I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets which I can
count on cashing in each day, but about which I was meant to remain oblivious. White privilege is
like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes,
tools and blank checks.
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reveal male privilege and ask men to give up some of their power, so one who writes about having white
privilege must ask, Having described it what will I do to lessen or end it?
After I realized the extent to which men work from a base of unacknowledged privilege, I
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Alternate position (an alternative behavior, custom, or belief, one that is different from and challenges the inherited one)
Current view
Basis for your current view (how you came to it)
Reflections on doing this activity
Received norms:
Race/Ethnicity:
Religion:
Sexual Orientation:
Gender:
Name
Date
Social Work 151
Diversity Exploration #1
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
After you have read White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, ask yourself the following questions and single space type your responses. Overtly bold type the prompts with your responses following in regular type. You can be brief, but your responses should be in complete sentences. I want to know what you think, not word-for-word Google responses.
1. What is white privilege?
2. What is unearned advantage?
3. What is conferred dominance?
4. How do people deny that systems of dominance exist?
5. How is white advantage strongly enculturated?
6. What is meant by the myth of meritocracy?
7. How might someone with white privilege use his or her unearned advantage for the betterment of all and not just his/her own cohorts? What ideas do you have about how people who are born white can use arbitrarily awarded power to try to reconstruct power systems?
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
By Peggy McIntosh
I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems
conferring dominance on my group.
Through work to bring my materials from womens studies into the rest of their
curriculum, I have often noticed mens unwillingness to grant they are over privileged,
even though they may grant that women are disadvantaged. They may say they will work
to womens statues, in the society, the university, or the curriculum, but they cant or
wont support the idea of lessening mens. Denials amount to taboos surround the subject
if advantages that men gain from womens disadvantages. These denials protect males
privileges from being fully acknowledged, lessened, or ended.
Thinking about unacknowledged male privilege as a phenomenon, I realized that, since
hierarchies in our society are interlocking, there was most likely a phenomenon of white
privilege that was similarly denied and protected. As a white person, I realized I had been
taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught
not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage.
I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught
not to recognize male privilege. So I have begun in an untutored way to ask what it is like
to have white privilege. I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of
unearned assets that I can count on cashing in each day, but abo ...Column IColumn IIColumn IIIColumn IVColumn VInherited.docx
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This document is a reading response to the essay "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh. The respondent provides brief responses to prompts about key concepts from the essay, including definitions of white privilege, unearned advantage, and conferred dominance. The respondent also reflects on systems of dominance and how privilege is culturally reinforced.Column IColumn IIColumn IIIColumn IVColumn VInherited.docx
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Inherited/learned beliefs/customs
Alternate position (an alternative behavior, custom, or belief, one that is different from and challenges the inherited one)
Current view
Basis for your current view (how you came to it)
Reflections on doing this activity
Received norms:
Race/Ethnicity:
Religion:
Sexual Orientation:
Gender:
Name
Date
Social Work 151
Diversity Exploration #1
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
After you have read White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, ask yourself the following questions and single space type your responses. Overtly bold type the prompts with your responses following in regular type. You can be brief, but your responses should be in complete sentences. I want to know what you think, not word-for-word Google responses.
1. What is white privilege?
2. What is unearned advantage?
3. What is conferred dominance?
4. How do people deny that systems of dominance exist?
5. How is white advantage strongly enculturated?
6. What is meant by the myth of meritocracy?
7. How might someone with white privilege use his or her unearned advantage for the betterment of all and not just his/her own cohorts? What ideas do you have about how people who are born white can use arbitrarily awarded power to try to reconstruct power systems?
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
By Peggy McIntosh
I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems
conferring dominance on my group.
Through work to bring my materials from womens studies into the rest of their
curriculum, I have often noticed mens unwillingness to grant they are over privileged,
even though they may grant that women are disadvantaged. They may say they will work
to womens statues, in the society, the university, or the curriculum, but they cant or
wont support the idea of lessening mens. Denials amount to taboos surround the subject
if advantages that men gain from womens disadvantages. These denials protect males
privileges from being fully acknowledged, lessened, or ended.
Thinking about unacknowledged male privilege as a phenomenon, I realized that, since
hierarchies in our society are interlocking, there was most likely a phenomenon of white
privilege that was similarly denied and protected. As a white person, I realized I had been
taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught
not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage.
I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught
not to recognize male privilege. So I have begun in an untutored way to ask what it is like
to have white privilege. I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of
unearned assets that I can count on cashing in each day, but abo.My Random Life: A Work in Progress
My Random Life: A Work in ProgressDJ Chuang
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Episodes from the life of an average Asian American guy with depression and bipolar disorder, finding healing and experiencing freedom from shame. Preview portions of a forthcoming book.The way gender is constructed for an individual depend on gendered interactio...
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This document contains a student's paper submission for a gender and politics course. The paper discusses the student's social location and how their various identities like ethnicity, class, gender and geographical background have influenced their experiences and perspective.
The student describes coming from a small rural village in Botswana that is looked down upon. At school, they faced discrimination and humiliation due to their ethnicity and background. However, their single mother encouraged them to focus on their studies to cope and empower themselves. The student now sees how their complex social location has both oppressed and motivated them over the years.Racism and white privilege in small town America
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These are the slides which accompanied a presentation I gave on 28 September 2016 in Mitchell, SD at Dakota Wesleyan University's McGovern Center for Leadership and Public ServiceWhite Privilege Unpacking the Invisible KnapsackBy Peggy Mc.docx
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
By Peggy McIntosh
This article is now considered a classic by anti-racist educators. It has been used in workshops and
classes throughout the United States and Canada for many years. While people of color have described
for years how whites benefit from unearned privileges, this is one of the first articles written by a white
person on the topics.
It is suggested that participants read the article and discuss it. Participants can then write a list
of additional ways in which whites are privileged in their own school and community setting. Or
participants can be asked to keep a diary for the following week of white privilege that they notice (and in
some cases challenge) in their daily lives. These can be shared and discussed the following week.
Through work to bring materials from Womens Studies into the rest of the curriculum, I have
often noticed mens unwillingness to grant that they are over privileged, even though they may grant that
women are disadvantaged. They may say they will work to improve womens status, in the society, the
university, or the curriculum, but they cant or wont support the idea of lessening mens. Denials, which
amount to taboos, surround the subject of advantages, which men gain from womens disadvantages.
These denials protect male privilege from being fully acknowledged, lessened or ended.
Thinking through unacknowledged male privilege as a phenomenon, I realized that since
hierarchies in our society are interlocking, there was most likely a phenomenon of white privilege,
which was similarly denied and protected. As a white person, I realized I had been taught about
racism as something which puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its
corollary aspects, white privilege which puts me at an advantage.
I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to
recognize male privilege. So I have begun in an untutored way to ask what it is like to have white
privilege. I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets which I can
count on cashing in each day, but about which I was meant to remain oblivious. White privilege is
like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes,
tools and blank checks.
Describing white privilege makes one newly accountable. As we in Womens Studies work to
reveal male privilege and ask men to give up some of their power, so one who writes about having white
privilege must ask, Having described it what will I do to lessen or end it?
After I realized the extent to which men work from a base of unacknowledged privilege, I
understood that much of their oppressiveness was unconscious. Then I remembered the frequent charges
from women of color that white women whom they encounter are oppressive. I began to understand why
we are justly seen as oppressive, even when .SOWK 250-Social Location Essay
- 1. Rachel Warners Prof. Marr October 01, 2015 SOWK 250-A Social Location Essay Attending church twice on a Sunday in the morning and evening, was a huge part of my culture and what I thought to be the norm and right thing to do as a Christian. My family valued the importance of Christianity in life, thus the reason we attended twice. Attending church, according to my family, was very important for growing ones faith. Every Sunday consisted of morning breakfast together (usually homemade bread), devotions after breakfast, getting ready for church, and leaving all together (Sunday routine). This practice took place in my home of Jenison, MI which consist of mostly white, Christian, middle to upper class families. My neighborhood, church, and family were all social institutions that socialized me into this cultural practice and belief that it was the norm. My parents and older siblings (whom all were committed and strong in their faith) were my agents of socialization. They taught me Sundays were to be set aside for God, attending church; twice, and never getting dirty (playing outside). I participated in this cultural practice, since I came to America at the age of 5 which is the reason why it is representative of my culture; it is a part of who I am and grew up with culturally. I am of Asian descent, I was born in China and have only Chinese blood in me, which can be a disadvantage than of dominate white descent. I was raised in a middle class family where my father was an owner of a small plumbing business. I was taught hard work allows people
- 2. opportunities to succeed and meet basic needs. I am a female and have no shame and regret for being created female. I am 20 years old which puts at a somewhat of an advantage and disadvantage. I am not yet considered a person with high sense of expertise, knowledge, and experience. I havent established credibility of myself where I can land a professional job with benefits. However, I am looked at as someone who has more experience, knowledge, and expertise compared to a person younger than 20, thus having a better chance of being hired and treated more as an adult. My religious background is Protestantism (CRC) which automatically puts me at the top of the social location of religion since Protestantism was how America was historically formed and is based on. I am a heterosexual and always have been. Never have I believed if I was potentially a lesbian or bisexual. I am attracted to males and hope to someday marry a male. Because I am a heterosexual female, this factor places me high on the social location of sexuality. I am able bodied and always have been. I am able to take care of myself and live independent. I am not considered ugly nor do I have disfigurements anywhere on my body but I am not as attractive as celebrities/model, however, I have nice black hair, pretty brown eyes, and a nice proportioned face. When I gather all the social locations to describe who I am, it goes like this, I am an Asian who lives in the middle class, is a 20 year old female, with a Protestant belief/upbringing, and heterosexual who is able bodied, and attractive. If we connected an imaginary line from each triangle of the social locations in society, I would be at the top of almost all the social systems except for race and class (maybe). Due to my social location, I have a high probability, if not a guarantee in getting a job in the professional field, being able to live independently without Govt help, and having a stable life.
- 3. I have a great deal of positive life chances due to being a heterosexual in the 21st century relative to others who would label themselves of another sexual orientation. This prevents me from being denied employment and housing, along with other forms of services (University of Calgary). Most importantly I would not be seen as one who needs therapy to get cured of my sexual orientation, thus I have a higher chance to be hired and not denied employment due to the negative social stigma of therapy. I personally have never knew I was employed over someone who identifies themselves as another sexual orientation which I am thankful for. I feel it is unequal to deny a job due to ones sexual orientation. I am sure, someday I will encounter the situation of being employed due to being a heterosexual. I am Chinese which places me in the lower end of the gender social system. Due to being Asian American in a dominate white community, I lacked the confidence in myself and putting myself out there. White people in my community didnt fully understand/realize if youre a person of color, there were always jokes and something racist to be said. I was oppressed in the sense people at my school (almost all white except for a dew) always pointed out my flat nose, tanner skin, different eye shape, and black hair, thus making me feel I was odd and ostracized. According to Matthew Salesses, bullying against Asian Americans continues at the highest rate of any ethnic group (Salesses), proving Asian Americans face oppression through the social form of bullying. I can now say I am confident and proud of my race and culture. I believe I do have worth just as much as other people and will succeed in life. I want to end on this realization but also true fact by Matthew Salesses, I had control over my differences, that I could choose to build them up or break them down, that they were not simply genetic, rather they (differences) were something that had never been true in America.
- 4. References Recognizing Heterosexual Privilege. (n.d.). In Campaign Positive Space. Retrieved from http://www.ucalgary.ca/positivespace/node/38 Salesses, M. (2012, October 16). How the Rules of Racism are Different for Asian Americans. In Everyday Feminism . Retrieved from http://everydayfeminism.com/2012/10/how-the- rules-of-racism-are-different-for-asian-americans/