Peggy McIntosh News

• George School: A Lifelong Teacher Looks Back on What She’s Taught— and Learned
  In an interview for her alma mater, George School, Senior Scholar Dr. Peggy McIntosh reflects on her teaching history.
• Landmark Achievements
  

  From a study of how schools shortchange girls to our work on white privilege, these are some highlights from the past 50 years.
• WellesleyWeston Magazine: Compassion, Leadership, and Vision
  For WellesleyWeston Magazine, Senior Scholar Dr. Peggy McIntosh discusses her induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame, which honors her for her decades of innovative work in education, race relations, and feminism.
• Peggy McIntosh to be Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame
  

  In a Q&A, Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., and Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., discuss McIntosh’s life’s work for which she is being honored.
• U.S. News & World Report: Social Issues Dominate in the Women’s Hall of Fame’s New Class
  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., to be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
• Peggy McIntosh Receives Centennial Medal from Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
  

  May 26, 2021

  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., was honored for her decades of work naming and breaking down systems of privilege and oppression.
• Dr. Kim Case: Episode 1: Peggy McIntosh
  

  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., discusses privilege, meritocracy, and racism in the Enough Y’all podcast, which is hosted by social psychologist Dr. Kim Case. 
• Signs: Kate Manne’s Entitled
  Senior Research Scientist Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., reviews Kate Manne's Entitled for Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.
• News 5 Cleveland: Defining white privilege, systemic racism, implicit bias as we seek to understand racial equity
  WCW Research Scientist Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., is mentioned in this article that breaks down and discusses important terms such as "white privilege," "implicit bias," and "systemic racism."
• CNN: Your big questions about race, answered
  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., of WCW is referenced in this article that discusses Black Lives Matter, race, and white privilege.
• PBS: Global Perspectives | Dr. Peggy McIntosh
  WCW Senior Research Scientist Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., discusses diversity and inclusion on PBS.
• WCW Community Celebrates New Book by Peggy McIntosh
  

  December 6, 2019

  Members of the WCW community gathered at the Wellesley College Club in November 2019 to celebrate the publication of a new book by activist and changemaker Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D.
• Axios: New Culture War: The Meaning of White Privilege
  

  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., a senior research scientist, talks about how the dynamics of "white privilege" have changed since she first wrote about it in 1988.
• New Book from Peggy McIntosh
  

  Peggy McIntosh's book: On Privilege, Fraudulence, and Teaching as Learning: Selected Essays 1981-2019Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., a leading voice on white privilege and anti-racism work, shares a collection of her essays on privilege and power in a new book.
• Presentations & Convenings: Privilege & Systems of Oppression
  

  This fall, Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., senior research scientist and founder of the National SEED Project, shared perspectives and scholarship on issues of privilege with audiences across the U.S. The College of Design Diversity and Inclusion Council at Georgia Tech invited McIntosh to discuss diversity and inclusion and to facilitate an open discussion with the audience.
• Dr. Phil: What Is ‘White Privilege’?
  

  Dr. Peggy McIntosh is featured on a panel of white privilege experts.
• The Root: White Privilege is a Thing
  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., of WCW is credited with popularizing the term White Privilege.
• New Findings, Publications, Presentations: Society and Leadership
  

  

  
  

  WCW scholars research and discuss issues around society and leadership, like supports for working women, social justice, and womanism.
• Global Connections, Privilege Workshops in Japan
  

  In October 2017, Peggy Mcintosh, Ph.D., WCW senior research scientist and founder of the National SEED Project, gave presentations and conducted a day-long workshop on systems of privilege in Japan. The events were held at Sophia University in Tokyo, the Osaka campus of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, and the Dawn Center: Osaka Prefectual Center for Youth and Gender Equality. The primary host was Makiko Deguchi, Ph.D., associate professor of Foreign Studies at Sophia University, who is also president of the Society for International Education, Training, and Research in Japan (SIETAR).
• The Globe and Mail: How Legos helped build a classroom lesson on white privilege
  Peggy McIntosh of WCW and her research are referenced in this article about education on white privilege.
• NPR: Combating Racism After Charlottesville
  Peggy McIntosh of WCW is mentioned in this article about combating racism. 
• Education Week: 'Is Social-Emotional Learning Really Going to Work for Students of Color?'
  Peggy McIntosh of WCW is referenced in this article about social-emotional learning. 
• Seattle Times: Educator: Time to unpack your invisible knapsack of privileges
  Peggy McIntosh of WCW is mentioned in this article about privilege in the classroom.
• Neiman Reports: On Being a Black Journalist
  Peggy McIntosh of WCW and her research are mentioned in this article about black journalists.
• The Daily Beast: Do ‘White Privilege’ Surveys Really Help the Fight Against Racism?
  Peggy McIntosh of WCW and her work is mentioned in this Daily Beast article about white privilege. 
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Unpacking White Privilege
  The National SEED project and Peggy McIntosh of WCW are mentioned in this article about unpacking white privilege. 
• The Courier: UPDATE: Others’ viewpoints on privilege critical
  Peggy McIntosh and her research at WCW are referenced in this article in The Courier on privilege.
• The Root: The 8 Wokest White People We Know
  Peggy McIntosh of WCW is listed as one of the '8 Wokest White People We Know" In The Root.
• Huffington Post: How to Pay Attention to Emojis And Implicit Assumptions
  Research done by Peggy McIntosh is mentioned in this article about Emojis and white privilege.
• Elite Daily: How Idealizing The ‘Good Girl’ Image Teaches Women To Put Themselves Last
  Peggy McIntosh of WCW is mentioned in this article about the damage the "good girl" expectation of women can be.
• Examining Ethics Podcast: The "Burden" of Whiteness
  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., of WCW discusses the role white people can play in fighting racism.
• Women’s Studies and Women in Academia
  

  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., founder of the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity presented at a conference on women’s studies in China and other parts of the world held at Capital Normal University in Beijing, June 26-28, 2015. This program was hosted by The Center for Studies in Chinese Women’s Culture, the Forum on Women’s Literature in Chinese, and the Women’s Literature Commission of the China World Association for Chinese Literatures. McIntosh delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the conference which focused on women’s studies.
• Gender Equitable Education Presentation in Hong Kong
  

  Research & Action Report Spring/Summer 2006 

  Susan McGee Bailey and Peggy McIntosh traveled to Hong Kong in June to speak at the Challenges and Possibilities in Gender Equity Education: The Second International Conference in the Asia-Pacific Region held at the Hong Kong Institute of Education and co-hosted by the Equal Opportunities Commission.
• Researchers Speak in Asia
  

  Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2006 

  Susan McGee Bailey and Peggy McIntosh traveled to Hong Kong in June 2006 to speak at the Challenges and Possibilities in Gender Equity Education: The Second International Conference in the Asia-Pacific Region held at the Hong Kong Institute of Education and co-hosted by the Equal Opportunities Commission.
• Peggy McIntosh Connects with Chinese Scholars
  

  Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2013

  Peggy Mcintosh, Ph.D., WCW associate director and founder of the National Seed Project (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity), lectured and met with colleagues at two Chinese universities in September 2013. While at Peking University in Beijing, she spoke on “Privilege Systems and on Feeling like a Fraud”; at China Women’s University in Beijing she presented “Five Interactive Phases of Curricular and Personal Re-Vision: A Feminist Perspective.” During the trip, McIntosh reconnected with Chinese scholars who work at centers for research on women and who have visited WCW in recent years.
• Peggy Mcintosh Lectures in South Africa
  

  Research & Action Report Spring/Summer 2013

  Peggy Mcintosh, Ph.D. was invited to lecture by three universities in South Africa this past March: Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, the University of Cape Town, and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. While in Cape Town, McIntosh visited Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. She also visited the District Six museum in Cape Town that memorializes the 60,000 homes torn down at start of the apartheid regime because the neighborhood was “too mixed.” McIntosh has been asked to return to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University next year.
• WCW Researchers in Taiwan and Hong Kong
  

  Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2004 

    Nan Stein, Ed.D. and Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D. have been invited to participate in the First International Conference on Gender Equity Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, which will be hosted by the Population and Gender Studies Center at National Taiwan University in late November.
• Women's Worlds Conference in Korea
  

  Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2005  

    Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D. presented at the Women's Worlds Conference in Seoul, Korea, held June 20-24, 2005. Her paper was entitled, "West Learns from East: A Western Feminist Scholar Discusses Learning from Asian Women's Studies."

   
• Christianity Today: Is ‘White Privilege’ an Unbiblical Term?
  Christianity Today article discussing the term "white privilege."
• Daily Beast: The Privilege of Checking White Privilege
  This article in Daily Beast contemplates White Privilege courses in schools.
• New York Times: At New York Private Schools, Challenging White Privilege From the Inside
  Students at New York private school tackle conversations about privilege.
• The Washington Post: I taught my black kids that their elite upbringing would protect them from discrimination. I was wrong.
  

  This feature in the Washington Post by author Lawrence Otis Graham explores his and his family's experiences in education. Graham cites Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., and her research on white male privilege. 
• Tyler Morning Telegraph: Well-known women’s studies educator speaks on Wednesday
  

  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., gave a lecture at the University of Texas for the Tyler Honors Program and Global Awareness Through Education Program. 
• Global Connections: Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D.
  

  Research & Action Report, Spring/Summer 2014

  In April, Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., WCW associate director and founder of the National SEED Project (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) hosted two scholars from Shaanxi Normal University in Xi'an, China. Qu Yajun, pro­fessor and curator of the first Women's Cultural Museum, will receive Mcintosh's collection of 7,000 books and journals relating to women's and multicultural studies. These publica­ tions will join the collection of 2,000 volumes already donated by Li Xiaojiang, professor and founder of the Museum.
• The Origins of Privilege
  

  The New Yorker, May 13, 2014
  by Joshua Rothman
• Center for American Progress: The Conundrum of White-Male Privilege
  

  Center for American Progress, May 6, 2014
  by Sam Fulwood
• Column: Zimmerman, affluenza and white male privilege
  

  The Maneater, February 14, 2014
  Martenzie Johnson
• Gonzaga hosting famed author who compared white privilege to an 'invisible knapsack' full of provisions
  

  Campus Reform, February 4, 2014
  Steve Larson
• No Racial Reconciliation Without Intersectionality and Privilege
  

  Acton Institute Power Blog, January 13, 2014
  by Anthony Bradley
• Reynolds: Views from a white guy on diversity, part II
  

  The Daily Toreador, April 1, 2013
  Jakob Reynolds
• Is it “Unfair” to be White?
  

  Campus Progress, March 27, 2013
  Bridget Todd
• Sheryl Sandberg tells Salon: I was wrong about women
  

  Salon.com, March 11, 2013
  Irin Camron
• Harnessing our discrete identities to end racism
  

  Democrat and Chronicle, January 7, 2013
  Joel Frater
• White Privilege and the Snow-White Santa
  

  The Huffington Post December 27, 2012
  Lisa Wade
• Using privilege helpfully
  Harvard Gazette December 19, 2012
  Katie Koch
• Packing the Invisible Knapsack
  The Huffington Post August 1, 2012
  Ernestine Hayes
  
• Column: Help bend the arc toward justice
  Duluth News Tribute June 6, 2012
  Tammy Francois
  
• Post-Whiteness
  The Huffington Post  May 24, 2012
  Darnell L. Moore
  
• American Democracy Examined at Racial Healing Conference
  PR Newswire April 30, 2012
  
• White privilege knapsack resurfaces after Trayvon Martin's death
  National Catholic Reporter April 19, 2012
  Kate Childs Graham
  
• White Privilege is Most Potent When Denied
  Star Tribune March 14, 2012
  Michael Spangenberg
  
• Geraldo Rivera: Wearing a hoodie while black is asking for it
  Los Angeles Times March 23, 2012
  Opinion L.A.
  
• Roeper High School focuses on disability, gender, equality
  The Oakland Press March 23, 2012
  Oakland Press Staff
  
• Ten Things Everyone Should Know About White Privilege Today
  OpEdNews.com February 28, 2012
  Mikhail Lyubansky
  
• Is White Privilege Victimized By Its Own Racist Practices?
  RiseUp.com February 10, 2012
  Rita Rizzo
  
• Julie Landsman: Talking about race in the classroom
  

  MinnPost January 26, 2012
  Cynthia Boyd
• Twin Ports coalition launches anti-racism campaign
  Duluth News Tribune January 24, 2012
  Steve Kuchera
  
• Complicating “White Privilege”
  Counterpunch.org December 30, 2011
  Paul C. Gorski
  
• Planting a SEED to stop bullying
  PrideSource November 17, 2011
  Kate Opalewski
  
• Buy a cupcake, support racism
  The Massachusetts Daily Collegian October 6, 2011
  Billy Rainsford
  
• Hot housing puts some Reginans out on street
  Leader-Post October 3, 2011
  Peter Mills
  
• Moving toward racial solidarity
  WORLD Magazine September 7, 2011
  Anthony Bradley
  
• The Privilege That Dares Not Speak Its Name?
  Huffington Post August 25, 2011
  Barbara & Shannon Kelley
  
• White privilege: Should it be noted?
  Omaha World-Herald August 7, 2011
  Joe Dejka
  
• WCW receives $2.9M from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to expand the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Education Equity and Diversity)
  

  For Immediate Release: July 26, 2011
• Commentary: Creating Equitable Schools with Teachers at the Forefront
  

  Research & Action Report, Spring/Summer 2011
  
  by Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D.
  
  U.S. education is in trouble . Many types of school reform have been proposed and tried, but most are not working. They are not creating real solutions to problems. I believe that education reform will continue to falter unless it treats teachers as whole human beings, not as neutral pass-throughs, or as failing parts of machinery. Too often teachers are punished, disrespected, and excluded from conversations on what might actually make education successful for all of our students. What teachers know, what they can contribute, is left out of most efforts to reform education. We cannot change our schools, our systems, without respecting the deep experience of teachers.
• Social justice on the agenda at non-profit led UM lectures
  mainecampus.com (University of Maine) April 20, 2011
  John Poulin
  
• Lecturer McIntosh to receive 2011 Otis Social Justice Award at Wheaton March 1
  Wicked Local Norton (online) February 25, 2011
  
• Got privilege?
  Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, MA) January 29, 2011
  Toni Lovaglia
  
• City's anti-racism campaign fights 'white privilege'
  Edmonton Sun November 8, 2010
  Richard Liebrecht
  
• Opinion: Women no longer only sex media objectifies
  The Daily Beacon (University of Tennessee) October 19, 2010
  Melody Gordon
  
• White privilege series opening ignites discourse
  The Guilfordian (Guilford College, NC) October 1, 2010
  Terah Kelleher
  
• Framingham State has 'No Room for Hate'
  The MetroWest Daily News September 26, 2010
  Scott O'Connell
  
• Ending Racism: An Unfinished Journey
  

  Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
  Kathryn Liss
  June 15, 2010
• Professor Encourages Students to Recognize Race and Gender Divides
  

  Fordham University eNewsroom
  Patrick Verel
  April 19, 2010
• Boston Women to be Honored at YWCA Women Achievers Luncheon
  

  YWCA Boston
  April 1, 2010
• Guest Commentary: The invisibility of privilege
  

  The Tribune (Ames, IA)
  Warren J. Blumenfeld
  February 20, 2010
• The Wellesley Centers for Women
  

  Wellesley Weston
  Janet Mendelsohn
  February 18, 2010
• Diversity prompts discussions in class
  

  Plainview Daily Herald (Plainview, TX)
  Hayley Cox
  January 11, 2010
• Race always will affect how people view Obama
  

  ctpost.com
  Lewis Diuguid
  September 29, 2009
• What We Talk About When We Talk Race
  

  Roll Call
  Christie Williams
  September 22, 2009
• 9 Quotes About Racism
  

  The Toronto Star
  July 3, 2009
• Women celebrate quality, diversity
  

  Sidelines online (Middle Tennessee University)
  Dustin Evans
  March 23, 2009
• SEED Project Moves Educational Equity and Diversity Forward
  

  Twenty-two years ago, Peggy McIntosh founded a teacher professional development project to work for gender equity in schools. She thought of it as an experiment in faculty-led faculty development – empowering teachers to work within their own schools, and within themselves, for change.
• More Than 100 Leaders From Across the Country to Attend Conference To Face and Bridge Racial Divide
  

  The Wall Street Journal
  PR Newswire
  July 22, 2008
• Whites challenge ideas of White supremacy, racism
  

  FinalCall.com
  Saeed Shabazz
  July 15, 2008
• A pioneer in this exploration
  

  The Boston Globe
  Letter to the Editor from Susan A. Holton
  June 16, 2008
• Goundbreaking Work on White Privilege
  

  The Kansas City Star
  Lewis W. Diuguid
  June 10, 2008
• Reconciling the races must be shared by all of us to be effective
  

  The Florida Times-Union
  Bryant Rollins
  April 29, 2008
• Researcher to speak about ‘invisible knapsack’ of racial privilege
  

  The Post (Ohio University)
  Ashley Luthern
  April 14, 2008
• Speaker Attempts to Break Racial Barriers
  

  Blog: Athens MidDay
  Joyelle Freeman
  April 15, 2008
• Coffee and yoga and Prius and 'Juno'
  

  The Boston Globe
  Vanessa E. Jones
  March 24, 2008
• Union Institute & University Brings Renowned Education Scholar to Montpelier Center
  

  PRLog
  February 6, 2008
• Peggy McIntosh Lectures in China
  

  Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2007

  Peggy McIntosh lectured in two Chinese universities: Peking University (PU) in Beijing, and Kunming University in Kunming, Yunnan Province in October. Wei Guoying, professor, director of the Women's Research Center at PU, and recent visitor to the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW), hosted the visit.
• Recognizing White Privilege
  

  The Heights (Boston College)
  Julia Wilson
  November 1, 2007
• Q&A Empowering Educators Through SEED: An Interview with Peggy McIntosh
  

  The National Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) Project on Inclusive Curriculum is now in its 18th year. The SEED Project prepares teachers to lead year-long, school-based seminars on making school climates, curricula, and teaching methods more gender fair and multiculturally equitable.
• KPFA: Dr Ella Henry on Maori resistance and Peggy McIntosh on White Privilege
  Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D., senior research scientist, discusses how she came to recognize systems of privilege and oppression in her life.