Who am I/Unpacking the Knapsack of Privilege

After reading, "Who am I?" I realized that we are all simply a sum of everyone around us. And I strongly believe the reason that, til this day, there are certain dominant groups that tend to exploit other groups exist because of a lack of understanding. A lack of understanding, for example, of who exactly the Africans were when they were brought to the United States was in part a basis of their mistreatment. They weren't seen as people, they were viewed as savages, their culture and practices were misunderstood, etc. I feel like that still continues today with groups of all kinds, even women. Peggy McIntosh's article simply reiterated what I already knew - that I have a countless number of privileges that others do not. It also made me realize that many groups that threaten others are not even aware that they are doing so. Like she stated, whites and men (just two examples) are oftentimes not aware of the privileges they have, and how society seems to favor them. This makes it even more difficult for the oppressed group to rise up.