found it.
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“You are a one-of-a-kind person. Logan, there are things of...
I have lots of privilege:
- I may not be caucasian, but in a latin country, having white skin makes me privileged.
- I’m a cis woman who addresses to many gender norms, I’m privileged.
- I’ve had an heterosexual looking relationship for a long time, I’m privileged.
- I’m part of the religious majority, I’m privileged.
- I’m thin and I have harmonious facial features, I’m privileged.
- etc
This does NOT mean I should be ashamed or feel guilty for being/having any of those things, what that DOES mean is that when I address certain issues I have to make sure I’m not talking out of privilege and that I’m not just acting out of subconscious fears of having my privilege taken away from me.
Stop feeling victimized. Being told to check your privilege is NOT an attack, is people trying to make you see where your views and actions come from and check if the source of your views and actions are correct or not.
YES GOOD THANK YOU
TBH I was going to post something like this after the very idea of ‘thin privilege’ existing caused great rage to some of my followers…It’s not saying you’re a bad person, guys, or that nothing can go wrong for you. It’s just acknowledging some people experience a bad situation that you don’t.
I’m not putting this well at all so I’m glad you wrote the post xD
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Well said. Trying...understand privilege...bloody nightmare...
I think it’s because often times the world privileged is flung around as if it’s some kind of insult. I can’t tell you...
YES GOOD THANK YOU TBH...was going to post something like this after the very idea
The reason why is because we’re on...internet. We can’t tell