Looked at the first link, started to comment, then looked at the second link. Glad I read some of the explanations, but I’m still confused. The list is *extremely* valid, obviously, but I wouldn’t call them privileges as such. I always thought of privilege as a benefit or advantage granted only to ‘certain’ people, not something that ‘most’ people enjoy. Perhaps it’s because I’m not part of a minority that I don’t understand this… or maybe it’s just down to my primitive use of the English language
I do agree, that a ‘privilege’ is something enjoyed by someone beyond most. I guess it’s a way of flipping things around to ask the question; ‘these things are taken for granted, yet I don’t have them’. I guess it’s a starting point for dialogue, as I’m sure that lots of people don’t give those things much thought…
Looked at the first link, started to comment, then looked at the second link. Glad I read some of the explanations, but I’m still confused. The list is *extremely* valid, obviously, but I wouldn’t call them privileges as such. I always thought of privilege as a benefit or advantage granted only to ‘certain’ people, not something that ‘most’ people enjoy. Perhaps it’s because I’m not part of a minority that I don’t understand this… or maybe it’s just down to my primitive use of the English language
I do agree, that a ‘privilege’ is something enjoyed by someone beyond most. I guess it’s a way of flipping things around to ask the question; ‘these things are taken for granted, yet I don’t have them’. I guess it’s a starting point for dialogue, as I’m sure that lots of people don’t give those things much thought…