"Check your privilege" is a toxic lose-lose idea. "Share your privilege" is win-win. Personal diversity nepotism works in my experience.
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.@andknf literally share. Too intangible to comm. If you're guy, use guy hacks to help specific women get ahead, ditto white/black.
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.@andknf Subvert/hack norms, hidden race dynamics you dislike, instead of "calling" it out and creating hardended gridlock/more policing.
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@andknf I don't think "making people aware of their privilege" is a good idea. It's a poor/negative means to a good end.
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It makes sense to be more concrete. What percentage of our wealth should we divert towards charity, and who is the most deserving?
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.@andknf no it's not. A child does not need to know how privileged it is to grow up healthy. Calling it out ="taxing" it w/o redistribution
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@andknf when I help someone, it's a matter of can-I-help? No need for privilege calculations. Just situational decisions.
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What do you think about this? RT “: "Check your privilege" is a toxic lose-lose idea. "Share your privilege" is win-win.”
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@andknf Second problem: calling privilege by no other virtue than race or gender. It's a failed discussion either way.



