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Week Three: Unpacking Privilege

There has been a lot of discussion around "white privilege", what it means and what it doesn't. The goal for Week Three is to help you learn what is meant by "white privilege" and why it's important to understand.

Week Three: Day 1

WATCH Understanding My Privilege TEDx Talk: University Chancellor, Susan Borrego, dissects the emotionally charged conversation surrounding race relations in the United States. 

REFLECT: In what ways does learning about white privilege make you uncomfortable and why? In what ways have you consciously or unconsciously thought you were better than BIPOC (that stands for "Black, Indigenous and People Of Color")?

WANT TO GO DEEPER?  Watch Stephen "tWitch" Boss and Allison Holker demonstrate white privilege in their viral Tik Tok video HERE.

Week Three: Day 2

READ My White Friend Asked Me to Explain White Privilege so I Decided to be Honest about a candid conversation between two friends.

Click HERE to read the article.

REFLECT: Have you talked to your friends and family about white privilege? Why or why not? How have you reacted, inwardly or outwardly, when confronted about your privilege?

WANT TO GO DEEPER? Read the BuzzFeed article about the "I, Too, Am Harvard" campaign HERE.

Week Three: Day 3

READ What is White Privilege, Really? from Tolerance.org about the meaning and history of the term. 

Click HERE to read the article.

REFLECT: Are you aware of the privileges you benefit from due to your skin color? How you have held onto that privilege?

WANT TO GO DEEPER? Read the short and engaging article "10 Things You Should Know About White Privilege" HERE.

Week Three: Day 4

READ White Privilege, Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh where she outlines 26 practical examples of white privilege. 

Click HERE to read the article.

REFLECT: What have you learned about you and your specific privilege: how it shows up, how you hold on to it, how you use it (consciously or unconsciously) against BIPOC?

WANT TO GO DEEPER? Watch Peggy McIntosh's TEDx talk "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" HERE.

Week Three: Day 5

READ What Happened at the Capitol Shows White Privilege in Plain View, a Harper's Bazaar article that breaks down the disparity between police reactions to the Capitol mob and BLM protesters.

Click HERE to read the article.

REFLECT: When you witness overt racism, do you believe you’re above it or an exception to it? If so, how does that kind of exceptionalism affect your engagement in social justice?

WANT TO GO DEEPER? Watch Trevor Noah Breaks Down Reparations & White Privilege HERE.

You've come to the end of Week Three: Unpacking Privilege.

Please join us for a Week Three Discussion Group on Wednesday, March 10th at 1pm. We also invite you to share your anonymous feedback on this section. The feedback is intentionally anonymous to create a safe space for everyone's opinions, feedback and questions. The goal is for this is to be an open and productive dialogue, not a one-way flow of information. You can share your anonymous feedback HERE. 

If you're looking to dive deeper, here are some suggested resources from fellow Buddhans:

Watch Jane Elliot's "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" experiment on The Oprah Winfrey Show HERE 

Buy and read Layla Saad's book and journal "Me and White Supremacy" HERE 

Read the VOGUE article "Janaya Future Khan’s Guide To Understanding White Privilege " HERE 

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