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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok. Let’s cancel overuse of “privileged” next.[/quote]

This.

If you work for it, you aren’t privileged.

And, privilege shouldn’t become a scarlet letter. [/quote]

It’s not a scarlet letter. So why not admit you have it? [/quote]

It is in today's world.  Calling someone privileged is a slam against them.  It's saying they have something they don't deserve to have.  It couldn't have been earned, it had to have been because of their "privilege".[/quote]

You can earn things and still be cognizant that there are fewer barriers to clear. Privilege is a clearer, or at least less obstacle laden path. For example, we grew up poor but we could still afford the sugar for brand name Kool-Aid. We shopped at bulk food stores because my parents could afford the membership, and had a car to bring everything across the highway safely.  We are also white so my parents had fewer obstacles to obtain a loan towards their townhome. We bought second hand everything and wore hand me downs, but the clerk didn’t keep an eye out for me stealing in the thrift store just because. [/quote]

These are simplistic examples of privilege but privilege all the same. [/quote]

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