Peggy Mcintosh's Video Analysis

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I have been mulling over this topic, it is just one of those awkward topics. This theory conceptualizes races, and separates white people from non-white people which seems to be counterintuitive. The assumption is that all white people are born into privilege and that is just not true. Don’t get me wrong, I do believe racism exists, assumptions get made, and it is a social issue, but it isn’t just white and non-whites. Peggy McIntosh’s video did offer up some things that I have never thought about. Things as small as the Band-Aid example, which seems negligent on the surface, but it can make a person feel as though they don’t fit in, which can effect learning. Larger social concerns such as skin color working against someone professionally.

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