03-07-2016, 04:29 PM
The more I think about it, the more I don't like "Privilege" to define something I should expect and in no way feel guilty about. If a black person is denied the chance to buy a house in a neighborhood, and I do buy that house, that's discrimination against the black person. That's not a privilege for me. If a black man can't drive without being pulled over, and I can, that's not a privilege I should be looking to give up. Again that's discrimination against the black man.
This discussion has been going on forever, but I guess someone wanted to write a book, and had to coin a phrase to make it seem new.
This discussion has been going on forever, but I guess someone wanted to write a book, and had to coin a phrase to make it seem new.
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.”-Thurgood Marshall