I didn’t say that it did, did I? I think not recognising one’s own intelligence is pretty dumb. I went to a camp but I didn’t need extra help from my tutors. Really not sure what your problem is with me saying I got into a good uni because of my own brains not my family.
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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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Everybody is privileged in some ways and disadvantaged in others. It’s not that folks can be nearly divided into “privileged” and “oppressed.” For instance, the fact that I experience oppression for being gay does not eliminate the fact that I am privileged for being wealthy.
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The fact that we all live on a spectrum does not disprove the existence of privilege—it supports it.
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Jesus Christ...are you sure you went to university? Because you come across as painfully ignorant.
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Poverty?
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Any of these: https://digitalsynopsis.com/inspiration/privileged-kids-on-a-plate-pencilsword-toby-morris/ … . I find people who have a high level of education (especially white male scientists) are able to actually just switch off their analysis and trust thin air when it comes to following simple trends related to their own privilege.
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It's not very intelligent to apply the title "privilged" as a binary judgement. It's a sliding scale, not an either/or as this video displays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5fbQ1-zps …
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The problem is how this disadvantages the OTHER half, Julia
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Julia, half the population were not middle class in the seventies and you definitely come from a background with advantages being the daughter of a GP.
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Dear lord you’re dim or deeply disingenuous
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