BIPOC ACTION ITEM: Read "White Privilege: The Invisible Knapsack"

Action item: Read Peggy McIntosh's White Privilege: The Invisible Knapsack.
Where to read it: via this link
Time needed to read it: 15-20 minutes. 
What It's About: Peggy McIntosh gives a personal account explaining how we are often blind in the ways we are privileged in comparison to others. 

Discussion questions:

• Were any of the privileges listed surprising to you?
• How was privilege taught to you growing up?
  
• Which of the "daily effects of white privilege" stick out to you? Why?
  
• How can white people lessen the impact of our privilege? 
  
• Does this essay make you feel encouraged or discouraged? Why?