In the 1970's it was quite common to refer to all the other white kids by the ancestry. WOP's, Polack, Mc's. I guess we had thicker skin. The only thing resembling privilege being bestowed in the womb is intelligence and personality.
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Interesting, I've seen this stability within generations first hand in my work as a Genealogist, and the exceptions that prove the rule, wrote it up in an article for Mensa magazine in 2009:http://timedetectives.blog/2009/05/22/vector-ancestors …
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The author is making the classic mistake of conflating privilege with advantage. Once these are disaggregated, his essay is both trite and missing the point. More on the difference and how they work:https://candicebrownelliott.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/privilege-what-is-it-and-how-it-works/ …
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"So, yes, “Able-bodied Straight White Cis-Male” privilege, the freedom from bias and discrimination, and the accumulating advantages that brings, most definitely does exist. And when a able-bodied straight white cis-man denies it… well… I know entitlement when I hear it." Uh.
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