An interview with Peggy McIntosh

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1. I absolutely love this article.

The points she makes about thinking of oneself as "nice" were spot on.

I remember when I first read Black feminists writing that working in movement politics with white women was painful, and I thought very defensively at first. I'm sure I went through an entire Bingo card of reactions.

But when you break it down and look at privilege, you can't see life the same way after. You have to keep up the work of examining how you are existing, and what oppressive systems you might be upholding.