White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
Peggy McIntosh is an American feminist and anti-racism activist, the associate director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and a speaker and the founder and co-director of the National S.E.E.D. Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity). This article, authored in 1988, is the foundational to the process of examining one’s white privilege.