He is being obtuse in this thread, but the connotations of the word “privilege” ARE a big unforced error that present a barrier to White people accepting the concept. Too much of our social justice language of art has this problem and I don’t know what to do about it.https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1041331007448854530 …
... I could make this a tangent about conflating rights and entitlements, but let's not. Suffice to say I think humans are entitled to clean water, a meal, and basic shelter. As a non-exhaustive list.
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That’s a good point. Using the language of rights for entitlements is confusing. But then we have a connotation problem with “sense of entitlement”, which is what many SJ folks are often reaching for when they say “privileged”!

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Where "sense of entitlement" means thinking you have the right when you don't. It's the perfect storm!
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