How privileges of gender and race affect academic life.(Reprint)

Dr. Juanita Johnson-Bailey and Dr. Ronald M. Cervero created this list in homage to Dr. Peggy McIntosh, whose original White Privilege list opened the eyes and minds of many. Their list of 13 differences is reprinted here with their permission.

 
With Race and Gender Privilege       Without Race and Gender Privilege 
 
 1. Academic life with race and       1. Academic life without race and 
    gender privilege makes it            gender privilege means I am 
    difficult to come up with a          often viewed through a 
    list of what academic life is        stereotypical lens that 
    like with race and gender            characterizes me as hostile, 
    privilege.                           emasculating, and intimidating. 
 2. Students do not see an agenda     2. Students and colleagues think 
    in my research about race and        that my research on race and 
    gender.                              gender translates into a hatred 
                                         of Whites and men, discounting 
                                         my close friendships with White 
                                         professors and my long term 
                                         marriage. 
 3. Students and colleagues feel      3. Students and colleagues who ask 
    that since I am a White male,        why I only do research on 
    my research on race and gender       Blacks don't ask similar 
    makes me a hero.                     questions of White colleagues 
                                         who don't even include 
                                         minorities in their research 
                                         studies. 
 4. When I receive an award for my    4. When I am first author on 
    research, I can be reasonably        articles, I am questioned by 
    certain that the people making       colleagues and students as to 
    the decisions look like me.          whether it was charity or 
                                         academic effort that earned me 
                                         that right. 
 5. I have never once received a      5. Despite my navy blue business 
    comment on what I wear to            suite and briefcase, a White 
    teach, except when students          student asked me to clean up a 
    comment on the fact that I have      classroom because she thought I 
    dressed up by wearing a tie.         was the housekeeper. 
 6. No one has ever asked me if I     6. I can be reasonably certain 
    am smart enough to be a              that the undergraduate male who 
    professor.                           asked to see my CV before he 
                                         would take my course does not 
                                         routinely ask this of his White 
                                         professors. 
 7. When I ...