Slides that introduce students to the concepts in Peggy McIntosh's essya "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack." Students view the statements, then vote with their feet whether it is true for them or not.

1. Where do you stand?
<-----Agree Disagree ---->

2. I feel like I belong in the
neighborhood where I live.
<-----Agree Disagree ---->

3. I would be comfortable on the
streets of any neighborhood in
Philly.
<-----Agree Disagree ---->

4. People have mistaken me for
being of a different background. i
have “passed” for something I
am not.
<-----Agree Disagree ---->

5. Supermarkets sell all of the food
my family eats.
<-----Agree Disagree ---->

6. Sometimes I am the only person
in the room with my racial or
ethnic background.
<-----Agree Disagree ---->

7. Most of the people in charge -
teachers, bosses, cops - have the
same background as me.
<-----Agree Disagree ---->

8. When I do something wrong,
people do not attribute it to my
racial or ethnic background.
<-----Agree Disagree ---->

9. I have been told I would be
better off with lighter / darker
skin.
<-----Agree Disagree ---->

10. I have been told I would be
better off with lighter / darker
skin.
<-----Agree Disagree ---->