@article{Turgeon_2015, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Power and Privilege Class Activity}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/power-and-privilege-class-activity}, abstractNote={As Johnson (2006) describes, people often have a hard time coming to terms with privilege and oppression without feeling uncomfortable and sometimes even defensive. While discomfort may be part of learning new topics, especially those pertaining to inequality, this activity intends to diffuse some of that difficulty by getting students to apply concepts surrounding privilege and oppression to public figures. Additionally, students will gain practice discussing privilege with classmates. The activity draws on Peggy McIntosh’s approach, wherein privilege is framed in terms of having privilege in some areas and not having privilege in other areas, showing that people experience an intersection of domination and oppression. At the end of the activity, students will write a reflection on their own privilege, considering how privilege and oppression relate to their own lives and experiences. }, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Turgeon, Brianna}, year={2015}, month={Apr.} }