03-06-2016, 07:22 AM
(03-06-2016, 03:58 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: I agree. White is just one kind of privilege. Every race or ethnicity has it to some degree. You might even say that male and female privilege exists as well. I think that to some degree it is almost unavoidable, even if you are totally immersed in another race's area and culture. I don't think it is necessarily something to be ashamed of, just something to be aware of.
I don't really understand transgender individuals. And I probably can't without being transgender. Perhaps that is Non-transgender Privilege. I'm not ashamed of it. But I can see them as human beings and I can at least listen when they complain about being treated bad in society and take that complaint seriously. I can sympathize if I feel there is a legitimate complaint and/or injustice.
This is true.
Yes even women have privileges that men do not. As the saying goes "A lady's prerogative". My biggest issue with it is the way it is presented. The media presents mine as something that is dirty or to be ashamed of, while ignoring the perks and benefits that others get.
It is harder to see your own privileges just like it is harder to see other people's struggles. All we have in our lives are our own experiences and our own interpretation of them.
