"Privilege is when you get conscious or unconscious benefits from a demographic trait that you cannot control." http://www.trippapparel.com/2014/28363
@sarahkendzior disagree. privilege is when you get to live your life by different, better rules than other people. for whatever reason.
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@chaosprime The two tend to go hand in hand -
@sarahkendzior there's a strong tendency, yes, but it's very misleading to strictly identify them with each other. - 1 more reply
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@sarahkendzior putting the focus on birth characteristics just keeps people scrambling to defend their identity credentials. -
@sarahkendzior and it legitimizes privilege acquired by action rather than passively, so fosters the mythology of meritocracy.
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