Let's Talk Privilege: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Why You Have It

[LWolf]

116. I agree. Partially, anyway.

There are many kinds of privilege, and people can fall into more than one group; of privilege, and not.

For example: I'm white, so I'm racially privileged. I freely acknowledge that. I'm a woman, so I am not gender privileged. I'm straight, so I'm orientation privileged. I come from under-educated, poor working people, so I'm not economically/class privileged.

I could go on. That said, this is what I agree with:

Privilege is the result of an unequal system. The whole concept of privilege rises from the truth that even in a country like ours that values fairness and equal opportunity, the playing field is horrendously unequal.

Partially, because I don't really think our country values fairness and equal opportunity. We give it lip service, patting ourselves on the back while doing so. But we don't walk the talk.