The documentary, “White Like Me”, shows that a majority of white Americans claim that people of color are getting equal rights and opportunities to succeed as white folks do by using stories like Barack Obama's election. However, they overlook the statistics reports showing the extreme wealth disparity, income, and education gaps–for example, the... See more

Peggy McIntosh discusses systemic racism in American education in her work, “White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies (1988), as she recounts her schooling experience with the lack of education and acknowledgment of her white privilege that gives her unfair advantages in... See more