Unpacking “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack", part 3
(Previously: Unpacking “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack", part 1, Unpacking “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack", part 2)
After she lists her 50 white privileges, McIntosh says, "For me white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject. The pressure to avoid it is great, for in facing it I must give up the myth of meritocracy."
The myth of meritocracy was never accepted by people who care about class. We see the people of all hues who have less privilege than Peggy M...
After she lists her 50 white privileges, McIntosh says, "For me white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject. The pressure to avoid it is great, for in facing it I must give up the myth of meritocracy."
The myth of meritocracy was never accepted by people who care about class. We see the people of all hues who have less privilege than Peggy M...
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