Caroline Livingston
06.15.2020
● This assignment is about recognizing and naming core concepts in these readings and
clarifying your own understanding of the term and how they apply.
● You are required to use one direct quote from the week’s readings, including proper MLA
style parenthetical citations (see above) to either contribute to your definition of the term
or to connect the term and the readings.
● Exceptional definitions will draw connections to multiple readings both during the
assigned week and from prior modules
● What are the effects of privilege on the perspective/understanding of those who have
access to it?
● How is privilege different from achievement?
Privilege
A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or
group.
“I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets that I can count
on cashing in each day, but about which I was “meant” to remain oblivious. White privilege is
like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, assurances, tools, maps, guides,
codebooks, passports, visas, clothes, compass, emergency gear, and black checks.”
