what is privilege?

[firecat]

I agree with what the following post says about privilege.

http://community.livejournal.com/debunkingwhite/794697.html

The post does not explain how it all works, it just explains the general shape of it.

Comments

[leback.livejournal.com]

I really like that post. Thank you for linking it!

One thing I might add is that lacking a certain kind of privilege in some ways, or in the degree that some people have it, does not preclude having some kind or amount of it, and being whatever-ist to that extent. I can point to people with more straight privilege than me, but I still have lots of straight privilege, and am still part of the oppression of people who have less than I do. I lack some forms of able-bodied privilege, but I have lots (and lots and lots) of others, and I still frequently have to check my own ableism around those.

But if I were adding that, the other thing I would add is that the existence of nuance and particularity does not dissolve the whole system into meaninglessness. It just means it's a complicated system.

[firecat]

Good points.