- Aug 4, 2018
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If you have two legs do you have privilege over someone with one leg? I do Not get the difference, no. So do attractive people have privilege over ugly people? The rhetoric is divisive.I didn't either for a while until I really started engaging in the subject. I used to make the argument that we are all with or without privilege based on our families and upbringing and personal factors. I would point out that the children of black celebrities have more privilege than a white kid raised in a trailer park by drug addicted and abusive parents. These things are true but that is not what "white privilege" means... It is a bigger idea that reflects our history and the evolution of our society. It has valid points. I perhaps see it as more of an academic value than an action based idea as many activists out there may see it... But there absolutely exists an advantage in our society if you have white skin, it was much more prevalent in the past but it still exists today... That doesn't mean every white person is living a privileged life. Get the difference?