Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

             After this introduction, McIntosh includes a list of twenty-six "daily effects of white privileges" that she had acquired. The list shows the readers how the author had felt of these privileges, because the list includes numerous connections and experiences that most readers never even thought about. The list is only consistent to common experiences that a lot of the readers can't relate to, therefore, it also kind of pushes away the audience from the general experience that's was listed to the ones that are more personal to them. The list employs statements that McIntosh had experience with and believes people who are unaware of and should know about. Statements like ethos – "If I should need to move, I can pretty sure of renting or purchasing housing in an area I can afford and which I want to live," logos – "I can go into a music shop and count on finding the music of my race represented, into a super market and find the staple foods that fit with my cultural traditions, in to a hairdressers shop and find someone who can cut my hair," as well as pathos – "I can go home from most meeting or organization I belong to feeling somewhat tied in rather than isolated, out-of-place, outnumbered, unheard, held at a distance, or feared." All extendedly written down and the explicit version roams in the minds of the readers.
             Continuing the list of the effects of white privileges, the author analyzed this list in care. She points out that "white people, including the author herself, are educated to take the privileges for granted." She also states that since the white privileges are natural to them, much of the white population fail to recognize the power they hold within them. While explaining this, the author complicates her thesis by pointing out a flaw in the word "privilege".
             Privilege refers to a special advantage or right possessed by an individual or group.