I didn’t go to Oxford because I was privileged. I went to Oxford because I was clever.
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Yes, it is. Your point being?
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On that definition, more than half the population is privileged. Anyone whose parents aren’t penniless alcoholics is privileged by comparison to those whose parents are. We all live on a spectrum. Your definition is dumb.
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Flattered that you think I came up with the definition. Privilege is relative and can easily be a case of the majority having privileges that the minority don’t. In fact, it is often so. See: white people vs POC, straight vs LGBTQ people. This is basic stuff.
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Dear god, this is painful. If half the country is privilged just like me, why doesn’t half the country go to the top two universities? What other selection criteria are being used, do you think?
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Well we agree on it being painful. No one is saying it’s the only criterion. What they are saying (and what you admitted yourself a few tweets up ffs) is that getting into Oxford is easier if you are middle class. That is privilege.
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It was easier because I had parents who cared about education & were aspirational. Nothing to stop any parent from doing that, as stats on high achievement of kids of low income immigrant families testify. Not privilege in the sense that was being implied, ie. money & contacts.
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Sigh. No, for the umpteenth time, my parents did not have plenty of money when I was at school. I went to non selective bog standard state schools.
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Hang on: if only 2% Of the population are not privileged then sure that makes the other 98%.. oh I’ve clearly missed something. Either that or you have entirely redefined the word privileged and that can’t be true because of the newspaper you work for.
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Give up. You've lost the argument as well as the plot.
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