White privilege: Should it be noted?

Omaha World-Herald
Joe Dejka
August 7, 2011

Omaha Public Schools' recent purchase of the book The Cultural Proficiency Journey for cultural sensitivity training of faculty and staff has advocates and critics debating the usefulness of discussing white privilege. Peggy McIntosh, associate director of the Wellesley Centers for Women, has defined white privilege as "an invisible package of unearned assets which I can count on cashing in each day" as a white person in the U.S. The authors of the book assert that only teachers who admit to white privilege can reach the highest level of cultural awareness.

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