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In reply to the discussion: If you are the member of a privileged group AND call yourself progressive [View all]Matariki
(18,775 posts)You experience a societal privilege when you are part of a group that has some form of social advantage. I don't mean each individual, but the group itself. All the obvious things - pay ratio of men to women. Being able to drive or walk in places without being targeted by the police because of your skin color. Not have your reproductive rights be someone's political battleground. Having most people in authority or where you work or hope to work look like you. The list goes on.
To point out privilege isn't an attack on you, it's just asking for a little awareness and courtesy toward those who have to deal with the negative consequences of not being in a particular socially privileged group when they talk about those disadvantages.
Like I said, privilege is usually invisible to those who benefit from it.