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white privilege and education  

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  • White privilege has been defined by David Wellman as a system of advantage based on race. It has been compared by Peggy McIntosh to an invisible, weightless knapsack of assets and resources that she was given because she was born White in her time and place in U.S. society. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; White Privilege and Education]

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