There's been a lot of talk here lately about "privilege", so it may be useful to define it ...

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93. I've seen a lot of this discussion on privilege and I have to ask some questions here

I get the idea of privilege on one level it's better to be born a straight white male because of issues faced by women, the glbt community, individuals of other races, and those who are born to the wrong gender . But here's where things kind of get hazy for me. Is privilege an absolute always. I mean I was born a straight white male but I have an eye disease that's causing me to lose my vision and I will be completely blind in a few years in fact I lost my job recently mostly cause of that. I have some mental health issues that have put a stigma on me amongst people that have been around me. Also I have alot of scars all over my body that make strangers shun me I've seen people pull they're children away from me because of the way I look. So to me personally it would seem I'd rather have been born anyone or anything else. I also don't think anyone would feel it would be better to be me. So that's where my issues with privilege start to materialize I know to a certain extent being a male I'll make more money than a female. But there's also studies that show the disfigured and disabled get paid less and are picked less for promotions than those who are able bodied and more normal looking for lack of a better term.