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Social privilege is 100% a thing. You can bet that the fact that a white person doesn't receive subconsciously ingrained doubt and xenophobia from literally everyone else pretty much ensures that a white person will be subconsciously favoured. (edit:) this doesn't mean that they will necessarily receive a cornucopia of riches, but it pretty much guarantees that they'll be first pick for the football team, so to speak.
Same goes for Maleness™ and Cis-ness (?), they are perceived as defaults, as standards. It also applies in the neurotypical-neurodivergent face-off.
In short, as long as there is any kind of "other" and one is not perceived as part of it, one is intrinsically privileged.
(edit 2:) And the only thing which trumps social privilege is money.
The question is whether privilege is the right word for this.
Privilege kinda describes something above what's deserved or something unearned.
You're describing basic human decency I think which everyone deserves
For the ones who love without such "privilege", I'm sure the word fits just fine.
But I think I get where you're coming from. Whether the dictionary definition applies or not, some words just wreck havoc with effective communication. And the larger the group of people, the worse this effect will be.
Unfortunately, that's probably by design...
I agree with all of the ideas in this meme, but I've never been a fan of this wording. "Privilege" in particular. To flip the wording, I'd rather it be "the minority handicap" or something. It almost seems like it's calling out straight white men as the enemy of these ideas. If straight white men are the problem, then seems like that's the group you'd be trying to convince. Yet this wording seems to alienate them more.
To flip the wording, I’d rather it be “the minority handicap” or something.
Societal debuffs.
That was my thought. If my race isn't making it worse it seems like that should be the standard. It's more like a non-white disadvantage, which I admit doesn't roll of the tongue as well.
I agree. Privilege definitely exist, but it's kind of a burned word. If you call someone privileged, you've made sure, that the person gets defensive and will not think about in any way.
I think it's more accurate to speak of resources. Everyone has some of them, but other people don't. Inherited money, having good relationships to your parents, having a stable upbringing, living in a good neighborhood and not being homeless, being perceived as competent, being physically or mentally healthy, are all valuable resources and everyone should try to see what resources they benefit from, where others can't. Sadly prejudice and racism/sexism/... exists, so your skin color is also a resource, making it easier to be perceived as trustworthy/competent/... which is a huge benefit.
I mean, you've got the OJ paradox.
Did he get away with murder by throwing money at an army of top lawyers? Absolutely.
Did he get singled out by the LAPD and dragged through what was supposed to be a kangaroo court run by literal Hitler worshipping fascists? Also Absolutely.
Wealth doesn't completely immunize you against bigotry, particularly from the vile views of other richer people.
I really like the moral argument that everyone should be treated like a cute little white girl. It's perhaps a little sad to see that it's the straightest line between two points, so to speak.
https://www.wordnik.com/words/privilege
I agree with what the poster is trying to say, but you can't just change the meaning of words to fit your argument
A special advantage, immunity, permission, right, or benefit granted to or enjoyed by an individual, class, or caste. synonym: right.
Say what now?
Is a special advantage synonymous with a right? Sounds like it's only a synonym in certain contexts, which is probably why it's a bad word to use.
Like that famous quote about how people interpret respect and it's used differently in the same sentence. Give me a sec to find it.
Ok, famous is maybe a bit generous as it looks like it's from Tumblr
Hearing it like that makes it even sadder, because it shows in an easy way that people discriminate against each other without even being good off themselves.
One of the biggest scams liberalism pulled on us is to convince us that we exist in societies where we actually have "rights" and "freedoms."
In reality, we exist in a society that is hierarchically based on privilege.
I got all three of these, lucky me.
It seems more accurate to say "... people aren't using it to make your life worse."
Being yourself isn't a problem unless someone else decides to make it one.
True mostly, although some things may occur regardless of how other people treat you, like feelings of dysphoria from being transgender, since it's based on your own perception of yourself.
Of course, other people can certainly make it even worse.