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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Apr 2019
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      I'm starting to think it's intellectual malpractice to write/talk about privilege, class, oppression, etc. without revealing at least 2 generations of family and educational history. There is a suspicious pattern of 2nd/3rd generation privilege joining the privilege commentariat.

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Apr 2019
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      I'm very interested in hearing from people who have opinions shaped by a 2-3 generations of hard-won upward mobility. I'm less interested in what the grand-daughter of a 1950s industrial tycoon whose parents were beltway lawyers has to say about these topics in the new yorker.

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    3. simpolism‏ @simpolism 6 Apr 2019
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      My great grandfather was an immigrant and a tailor in the Jewish ghetto, my grandparents served in WWII, went to college on the GI bill, bought suburban houses, and raised their kids as mainstream Americans. This is the story for several key "white" ethic groups in the US.

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    4. simpolism‏ @simpolism 6 Apr 2019
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      This is the Irish, Italian, and Jewish story of the US East Coast. And I think a lot of ppl who work in media and propagate narratives about privilege have similar backgrounds. We're quick to forget.

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    5. simpolism‏ @simpolism 6 Apr 2019
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      I think the most unfair act in the last 100 years of US political history was denying the GI bill and cheap FHA loans to black veterans after WWII. The widening gap this created helped structure the entire privilege narrative.

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    6. simpolism‏ @simpolism 6 Apr 2019
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      The interesting bit: many who propagate the privilege narrative are Jewish journalists in NYC who have similar backgrounds to me. You might be overestimating things here.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 6 Apr 2019
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      Yeah, that's the sort of data I'd like to see more transparently presented in author bios etc.

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        1. simpolism‏ @simpolism 6 Apr 2019
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          Indeed. I also think a significant amount of privilege talk comes from Asian-Americans, even from families who've been here for several generations, that ended up in white districts and faced adversity because they look different.

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