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Peggy McIntosh quotes: I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group

I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group

Peggy McIntosh quotes: I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having my co-workers on the job suspect that I got it because of my race.

I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having my co-workers on the job suspect that I got it because of my race.

Peggy McIntosh quotes: I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege.

I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege.

Peggy McIntosh quotes: Power from unearned privilege can look like strength when it is in fact permission to escape or to dominate.

Power from unearned privilege can look like strength when it is in fact permission to escape or to dominate.

Peggy McIntosh quotes: If my day, week or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it had racial overtones.

If my day, week or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it had racial overtones.

Peggy McIntosh quotes: White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools, and blank checks.

White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools, and blank checks.