GCCCD Avoidance of Differences in The Workplace Experience Discussion

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1. Think of an experience you had in an organization or social setting involving repression or avoidance of differences (either against you or another). What was the outcome? How did you feel about the outcome?

2 .Peggy McIntosh stated, “White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, assurances, tools, maps, guides, codebooks, passports, visas, clothes, compass, emergency gear, and blank checks.·(Harvey & Allard, 2014, p29).

Others see advantages to success rooted in ?ominant culture privilege·rather than ?hite privilege· In other words, the more a person adopts the societal and business norms of the dominant culture, the more likely they are to succeed, no matter their heritage.

To which (or both) of these theories do you subscribe and why?