"Losing my privilege makes me feel bad" isn't an argument for retaining privilege.

[meadowlander]

This is a key point that I think is lost in a lot of right wing talking points about their or their childrens' "discomfort" with critical race theory and trans inclusivity.

It's about doing what's right, not about what makes you personally feel good.

[Redleg]

1. Good point, bigots should be uncomfortable

I was pondering yesterday about how far this "discomfort" bullshit can be taken. For example, let's say my kids are uncomfortable having people of color in their classrooms. Do these laws allow me to ask the school for an accomodation?

[Midnight Writer]

2. Losing privilege is not the goal. The goal is everyone having privilege.

And I think the thought of other people having the same opportunities, respect and regard is what upsets them.

[meadowlander]

3. If everyone has a privilege, it's not a privilege anymore.

And that's fine. Why should one group have more opportunities, respect and regard than another by virtue of how they were born?

I think we fundamentally agree, but I would frame it as everyone should have fundamental rights, respect, acknowledgement, etc. no matter who they are or how small of a minority they might be. Those things aren't privileges. They are bottom lines for a civil society.

Where one group's historical privileges mean that another group is not achieving those bottom lines, then that group needs to lose that privilege, even where it might be hard won and difficult to part with. And that might "feel bad" for those people. But that isn't a reason to maintain the status quo.