What does Peggy McIntosh mean when she discusses her "invisible knapsack"?

What will be an ideal response


the taken-for-granted and usually unanalyzed privileges most white people in the United States can assume

Sociology

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The gender pay gap is also known as a ________

A) gender analysis B) wage gap C) gender imbalance D) gender parity

Sociology

One of the primary means to accumulate wealth, ______, is also a primary mechanism of inequality between blacks and whites in the United States.

A. education B. home ownership C. access to health insurance D. access to health services

Sociology

When people experience a gain or loss in position and/or income that does not produce a change in their place in the class structure, this is referred to as:

a. horizontal mobility. b. situational mobility. c. vertical mobility. d. structural mobility.

Sociology

When a group in society expresses ideas, beliefs, values, and rules that conflict with larger society, these groups would be considered a(n) ______.

A. counterculture B. utopian culture C. subculture D. high culture

Sociology