Thread: White Privilege
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Old 07-29-2019, 03:15 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by jbergey22 View Post
Similar to if you were born into lots of money. Not something you could control but certainly a privilege. Being born American to many would also be considered a privilege that you cant control. Its fair in my opinion.

Yeah, you can extend this out to so many things. Being a male, I have the privilege of not being sexually harassed at work like many attractive women do. I had the privilege of growing up with two parents who didn't abuse me (mentally or physically).

But I think to answer tarcone's original post, it's just understanding in life where you may have had an advantage over others. That doesn't make you a bad person, you can't control it. But you can show empathy for those and understand it's harder to make it in certain situations.
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