Philosophy of Race & Racism: On the Concept of White Privilege

 This class session asks: how can philosophical tools of reasoning  

     and argument help us better understand the concept of white privilege--and    

     socio-political privilege more generally--as well as the often contentious public 

     discourse around white privilege? We will draw on the classic paper by Peggy 

     McIntosh "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," recent 

     philosophical work on the notion of privilege, and our own experiences talking  

     about the idea of white privilege in everyday life.