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In Peggy McIntosh’s seminal essay, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, she reckons with the revelation that as a white person she enjoys race privileges to which she, and most other white people, are oblivious. Her lack of awareness of her own privilege exposes the limitations of our personal politics and reinforces the importance of understanding the nuances of identity and privilege.
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Boylorn, R.M. (2017). Unpacking (UN)Privilege or Flesh Tones, Red Bones, and Sepia Shades of Brown. In: Leavy, P. (eds) Privilege Through the Looking-Glass. Personal/Public Scholarship. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-140-7_2
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