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The American Dream Hoax (Sources (“White Privilege: Unpacking the…

- - - - McIntosh's Rhetorical Situation and the techniques she employs in her essay.
        describe the parallel between male privilege and white privilege.
        The author's realization. ethos
    - - Analyze the specific condition: "“if a traffic cop pulls me over or if the IRS audits my tax return, I can be sure I haven’t been singled out because of my race.”
        make connections to outside source (Thurston)
        discuss social persecution of POCs
    - - White privilege in an educational environment. (school)
        Use Holt as a reference to prove the claims that school did not provide all kids with equal learning opportunities.
        McIntosh suggests that education is directly affected by unacknowledged privilege. Affirmative Action... Relevant to school rn
    - - That's all they know, so if it's taken away that's the only way to acknowledge privilege.
        Integrate Dicaprio to attest to the invisible privilege.
        Explain why white privilge is difficult for whites to recognize
        Inequality of opporunity
    - - Metaphor of the "invisible" knapsack. Explain that it is invisible because white people have had it their whole life without even knowing.
        Explain that knapsack allows white people to visualize their privilege.
        The metaphor makes something invisible, visible
    - - Explain the purpose of McIntosh's essay. Analyze this excerpt: "in proportion as my racial group was being made confident, comfortable, and oblivious, other groups were likely being made unconfident, uncomfortable, and alienated"
        Compare her experience to Thurston and Minhaj's.
        "weaponized discomfort", the American Dream tax, proving patrionism.
        McIntosh recognizes her own privilege and directs her audience to do the same.