RADAR Project: Regulating Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Racism

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Racial inventory
Score 2 if the statement is always true for you
Score 1 if the statement is sometimes true for you
Score 0 if the statement is seldom true for you
Have you ever lived anywhere else than in Finland?
YES Countries:____________________________________
NO
If you have lived abroad, add a country in E. and/or replace the European/Asian /African
countries with the name of the country.
Because of my race or color
A. when living In Finland...
B. when living in other European countries (__________________________)...
C. when living in an Asian country (____________________________)...
D. when living in an African country __________________________)...
E. when living in __________________...

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

1. I can be in the company of people of my race/people of my own heritage most of the time.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
2. Should I need to move, I can be fairly sure I would be able to rent or buy housing in an area
in which I would want to live and which I can afford.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
Adapted from Peggy McIntosh

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

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A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

3. I can turn on the television or open the front page of the paper and see people of my race/
heritage widely and positively represented.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
3. When I am told about our national heritage or about civilization, I am shown that my
people made it what it is.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
How?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
4. I can be sure that curricular materials will testify to the existence of my race.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
How?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
5. I can go into most supermarkets and find the staple foods that fit in with my cultural
traditions.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
Adapted from Peggy McIntosh

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

www.whatsrace.org

RADAR Project: Regulating Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Racism

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A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

6. I can go into any hairdressers shop and find someone who knows how to cut/colour my hair.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
7. Whether I use credit cards or cash, I can count on it that my skin colour wont work against the
appearance of financial reliability.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
8. I can swear, dress in second hand clothes, or not answer emails, without having people
attribute these choices to the bad morals, poverty or illiteracy of my race
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
9. I can do well in challenging situations without being told I make my race proud.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
Example?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Adapted from Peggy McIntosh

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

www.whatsrace.org

RADAR Project: Regulating Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Racism

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A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

10. I am never asked to speak for people of my race.

A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
11. I can criticize the government and talk about how much I fear its policies and behaviour
without being seen as a cultural outsider.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points

13. I can be fairly sure that if I ask to talk to the person in charge, I will be facing a person of my
race.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
14. I can conveniently buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards and childrens
magazines featuring people of my race
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
15. If a traffic policeman pulls me over, I can be sure I havent been singled out because of my
race.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
Adapted from Peggy McIntosh

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

www.whatsrace.org

RADAR Project: Regulating Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Racism

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A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

16. I can go home from most meetings of the organizations I belong to feeling included rather
than isolated, out of place, outnumbered, unheard, feared, or hated.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
17. I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having co-workers on the job
suspect that I got it because of my race.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
18. I can choose public accommodation without fearing that people of my race cannot get in or
will be mistreated in the places I have chosen.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
19. I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, my race will not work against me.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
20. If my week is going badly, I need not wonder if each negative episode has racial overtones.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
Adapted from Peggy McIntosh

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

www.whatsrace.org

RADAR Project: Regulating Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Racism

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A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

21. I can comfortably avoid, ignore or minimize the impact of racism on my life.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
How?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
22. I can speak in public to a powerful group without putting my race on trial.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points
23. I can choose blemish cover bandages in flesh color and have them more or less match
my skin.
A. ________ points
B. ________ points
C. ________ points
D. ________ points
E. ________ points

TOTAL POINTS: ____________

Discussion about the questions and answers.

Adapted from Peggy McIntosh

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

www.whatsrace.org

RADAR Project: Regulating Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Racism

JUST/2013/FRAC/AG/6271

Adapted from Peggy McIntosh

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

www.whatsrace.org