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Ohio State University health sciences course requires students to engage with ‘White Privilege Knapsack’ (nypost.com)
submitted 11 months ago by roastedDeflator@kbin.social to c/feminism@beehaw.org
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Students were required to address ‘whiteness’ and describe what the term ‘white’ means, as well as explain how they ‘navigate race’ in their daily lives.

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago (10 children)

I navigate my "whiteness" by covering it in clothes... then getting treated dismissively by doctors because I "have plenty of resources", "have your family help you", "just change your whole life or you'll be dead in 5 years", and "have you already stopped with those silly ideas?".

Thanks for the privilege, by the way.

[–] FZDC@beehaw.org 12 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I'm healthy, fit, educated, and kinda rich. I'm also a man.

Do you believe those circumstances grant me with privilege?

The answer is obviously yes, so I'll acknowledge it, rather than try to change the subject to ways in which I'm not privileged. Bringing up ways that white people may not be so privileged doesn't actually address whiteness as privilege.

And privilege isn't even something to feel guilty about. It's just worth acknowledging in a "know thyself" kind of way.

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