Peggy McIntosh’s list of fifty examples of white privilege is a great place to start to see how white privilege shows up. Extracted examples from “White Privilege and Male Privilege” include: 1.I can, if I wish, arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time. 7.When I am told about our national heritage or about “civilization,” I am shown that people of my color made it what it is. 12.I can go into a book shop and count on finding the writing of my race represented, into a supermarket and find the staple foods that fit with my cultural traditions, into a hairdresser’s shop
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