Milwaukee Public Schools’ Alexander Hamilton High School’s ethnic studies course teaches students to ‘recognize how white privilege functions in everyday social structures and institutions.’

Milwaukee Public Schools’ Alexander Hamilton High School’s Comparative Ethnic Studies course topics include “colorblind racism” and “white privilege.”

Course learning outcomes state that students will “develop an understanding of the concept of white privilege and come to recognize how white privilege functions in everyday social structures and institutions.”

The unit titled “Colorblind racism” includes required readings such as “Colorblind ideology is a form of racism” and “I’m not racist, I’m Colorblind.”

Two other units titled “Privilege” focuses on white privilege including reading Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.“