Then I would suggest you’re not very intelligent. I know plenty of VERY clever people who didn’t go to Oxbridge or to uni at all. But almost all of the people I met at Oxford were very clever, regardless of their educational background.
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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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Babes shut up
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No one seriously doubts that to get into Oxbridge takes academic ability - one can be clever without being academically able. But what are you arguing? That our system provides equal opportunity for all?
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White privilege works the same, majority are white, majority are privileged - privilege at middle class is real, but privilege isn’t a binary so you can be privileged in one way but not in another. Middle classes won’t be as privileged as the upper class but are still privileged.
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If you're so intelligent Julia, why do you keep misusing the word 'dumb'?
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You repeatedly bring up ‘Alcholic Parents’ like they are the norm for ppl who didnt make the Uni grade! What is behind this?
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Don't use the word dumb quite so frequently dear, it makes you sound like Donald Trump. Or was that the look you were chasing?
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And what about the rich drunk parents?
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