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    are at the very least distinctively different. Rousseau, Mill, and Constant exhibit a very different view of the modernizing society. This paper seeks to point out the distinct visions of liberty that Rousseau, Mill, and Constant articulated by unpacking the central premises of each argument, pitting them against each other through comparing and contrasting. Rousseau’s Vision of Liberty Although, Rousseau distinguishes two specific types of liberty, natural liberty and civil liberty

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    biases that often times negatively affect the interactions between whites and individuals of color. This potentially leads to many issues including racism, hate crimes, and the unequal treatment races. In Peggy McIntosh’s article, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” McIntosh embarked to uncover the countless advantages whites tend to have over those of color. By doing so, she validated her credibility to the reader by listing her findings along with research and evidence to supplement

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    Priya Chanda November 12, 2014 SOCI 1501 Memo 2 In the essay, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh, the author questions and discusses white privilege and how it is an invisible package of earned assets. She also talks about how white privilege affects her daily life and compares it to forms of oppression. McIntosh, who is a white woman that lives in America, says that white people are carefully taught to not recognize white privilege. They are conditioned not

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    “White Privilege and Male Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh discusses about white privilege and male privilege as an invisible privilege that does not become a topic for discussion in white communities. The children of white communities are taught to not recognize what is white privilege same with male. Instead of recognizing what is white privilege or male privilege, they become ignorant of the privilege they have compared to other races without privilege. Peggy uses

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    In the article titled “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack” Peggy McIntosh defines white privilege as an invisible backpack that holds advantages unknowingly utilized by white individuals (McIntosh 1). McIntosh also compares male privilege with white privilege and draw upon the similarity of obliviousness by each participating party (i.e. males or white individuals). McIntosh summarized this on page 5 stating, “[i]t seems to me that obliviousness about white advantage, like obliviousness

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    “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack” by Peggy McIntosh is about the dominant white race having societal advantages over the minority race. White privileges are known for having favorable advancements to white people and particularly men in that category. For those who receive benefits due to their origins of the white race refuse to acknowledge the power they have over the minority race. Instead, whites see all races having the same opportunity to become successful. Due to their obliviousness

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    In “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” Peggy McIntosh starts her essay off by taking a classic feminist idea. She talks about how women often address the ways in which men hold power over them because of certain advantages they are born with, but men are often uncomfortable doing the same. She then broadens this truth and relates it to how white people hold a privilege over people of different races, and it is also something that white people have a problem acknowledging. She explains

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    In “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh, the message that the author is trying to get across is that white men have privilege they have the freedom to do more than women without being coitized or judged by society. Women, and men of color are often judged as a race, an action of an individual of a different ethnicity or race whether it be positive or negative is reflected onto others of the same ethnicity. Individuals of color are constantly faced with racism and

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    What I gained from the reading “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by McIntosh is that racism is not merely putting one group at a disadvantage, but simultaneously putting another group at an advantage. I learned that when you are a part of a privileged group, the privileges you receive are often unnoticeable. You do not view these things as privileges, and you do not realize how much easier they have made your life. Whether discussing racism, sexism, or any other -ism, removing the

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    difficult to discuss for the reason that many white people don’t feel influential or identify they have privileges compared to other individuals in society may not feel differently about white privilege. For example in the article White Privilege Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh, a white feminist scholar identified of society privileges that she received simply because she is White (Tatum Racism: Can We Talk? p 8). Therefore when each individual learns about his or her own privileges

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