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Updated 2017 Jan 03
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“Privilege is something you inadvertently benefit from. Those benefits harm others in ways you might not see. But because it is inadvertent, you don’t have to take blame, you merely have to take responsibility. We are not asking you to give up your privilege. Keep it. But use your own privilege as a lever to lift up others.” –– Jackie Summers
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Following are selected posts on the subject of privilege, in all its powerful variations.
Confessions of a Privileged White Male and Former Conservative
— by Charlie O’Donnell
Charlie O’Donnell tells it like it is.
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Don’t Expect Roses: How to be a Proper Ally
— by Paul Hartzer
White men can help fight white supremacy
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Fish and Privilege
— by Jackie Summers
Fish don’t know what water is until they are no longer surrounded by it. Try imagining that for a moment.
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For White People and Men, When Privilege is Not Enough
— by Napolean Wells
By focusing the role of the victims we are being emotionally tone deaf, and a greater part of the problem than we ultimately realize.
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Gun Ownership: Every Man’s Right, or White Man’s Privilege?
— by Harrison M. Fried
Examining Gun Control from the Historical Intention of the USA’s Second Amendment of The Constitution
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I am a Recovering Racist
— by Bruce Mulkey
In times like these Bruce Mulkey is compelled to face his biases, his privilege, and his need for forgiveness.
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My White Privilege from the Inside of Prison
— by Michael J. Kramm
How a 25-year sentence in the heart of Mississippi taught me the truth about institutional racism.
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National Health Crisis: White Privilege
— by Emily LaDoucer
White silence is violence.
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Ryan Lochte and our American Privilege Machine
— by Napolean Wells
Once again we’ve demonstrated that some citizens are protected from the consequences of their actions. Why is that exactly?
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Should I Feel Guilty About my White Male Privilege?
— by Derek Penwell
Derek Penwell prefers to ask a more thought-provoking question to encourage social justice.
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The Differences in Privilege Between Men and Women from Someone Who Has Lived as Both
— by Noah Gariepy
Being transgender has opened my eyes to a lot of different experiences about how the world works, particularly when it comes to gender inequality and norms.
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The Luxury of Invisible Privilege
— by Jackie Summers
Jackie Summers examines the way racism reproduces – and how well-meaning people feed the disease by denying their privilege.
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The Privilege of Not Discussing Privilege: How the Hypersensitive Invoke an Oppressive Past to Justify Themselves
— by Paul Hartzer
In a fair world, the right to offend others comes with the obligation to suffer offense.
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The Question Facing the American White Male Today
— by Dixie Gillaspie
You were born into power. What are you going to do with it?
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Understanding the Relationship Between Poverty and White Privilege
— by Mike Sliwa
Privilege will continue to wreak havoc within our society until we recognize the consequences of privilege.
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USA: Male Privilege of Not Knowing
— by Joe Samalin
Joe Samalin explains how his male privilege allows him to choose to ignore the reality of street harassment, simply because he can.
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Using Privilege as Opportunity, Recognizing Privilege as Default
— by Paul Hartzer
The concept of ‘privilege’ is misunderstood as being entirely about wealth. It’s more complicated than that.
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Waking Up as a White Man
— by Jon Snow
Jon Snow knows he is lucky. He just wishes other people were as well.
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White Privilege, the Law of Large Numbers, and a Little Bit of Bayes
— by Jonathan Church
How the law of large numbers and Bayes theorem can help us think about the concept of white privilege.
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White Supremacy Cannot Have Our People
— by Chris Crass
Working-class orientation at the heart of white, anti-racist organizing
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