Talking Point #1

The idea that McIntosh presents in her article, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack", does not present anything new. We have discussed white privilege in class and this does not shed new light on the topic. However I found this article to be very interesting because its only focus and objective was on white privilege. McIntosh starts off her article by explaining how most men are oblivious to their advantage over women. This leads straight into her creating a list of some of her white privileges. My favorite point is number twelve. Number twelve talks about how a white person can swear or wear rather tacky clothing, without appearing as poor or as a representative of their race. This point directly relates to this Youtube video: http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ONuBBmRRpM. The video talks about teenage pregnancy , at first specifically about Sarah Palin's daughter, but then it turns to all races in general. I found this part to be more relevant although I would not skip over the part about Sarah Palin's daughter. That is also some insightful information as it pinpoints a specific case. As I stated this article did not introduce brand new information. Our class has already read and discussed a lot about this topic, even though we are only going into the fourth week of the semester. If one does a quick Google search , you can find for yourself that many white people are oblivious to the fact of white privilege. You can see these are not just some random numbers but actual facts. Take this article for a prime example of that: http://http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/freelance/whiteprivilege.htm. The beginning of this article is what I focused on but, once again, I would not oppose a full read through of this text. It is a very similar read to McIntosh's article.