Tag: Privilege

  • Nation & World

    How schools teach children about their social station

    Sociologist Peter Francis Harvey observed students at private upper-middle-class and public working-class schools to explore implicit lessons.

    5 minutes
    Teens in classroom.
  • Nation & World

    Using privilege helpfully

    Acknowledging one’s privilege — and using that advantage to help level the playing field for everyone — is essential in the fight against racism and sexism, activist Peggy McIntosh told a crowd of Harvard faculty and staff in the second of this year’s FAS diversity dialogues.

    5 minutes