Where Do You Stand? Privilege Edition

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Where do you stand? <-----Agree Disagree ---->

description

Slides that introduce students to the concepts in Peggy McIntosh&#x27;s essya "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack." Students view the statements, then vote with their feet whether it is true for them or not.

Transcript of Where Do You Stand? Privilege Edition

Page 1: Where Do You Stand? Privilege Edition

Where do you stand?

<-----Agree Disagree ---->

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I feel like I belong in the neighborhood where I

live.

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Page 3: Where Do You Stand? Privilege Edition

I would be comfortable on the streets of any

neighborhood in Philly.

<-----Agree Disagree ---->

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People have mistaken me for being of a different

background. i have “passed” for something I

am not.<-----Agree Disagree ---->

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Supermarkets sell all of the food my family eats.

<-----Agree Disagree ---->

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Sometimes I am the only person in the room with

my racial or ethnic background.

<-----Agree Disagree ---->

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Most of the people in charge - teachers, bosses,

cops - have the same background as me.

<-----Agree Disagree ---->

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When I do something wrong, people do not

attribute it to my racial or ethnic background.

<-----Agree Disagree ---->

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I have been told I would be better off with lighter /

darker skin.

<-----Agree Disagree ---->