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The closest thing to a clear definition of privilege that I've found is this checklist:https://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lewisjulie/White%20Priviledge%20Unpacking%

The closest thing to a clear definition of privilege that I've found is this checklist:https://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lewisjulie/White%20Priviledge%20Unpacking%20the%20Invisible%20Knapsack.pdf https://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lewisjulie/White%20Priviledge... In a couple of weeks I'm giving up nearly all [1] of those benefits for what is very far from the first time. The 18-36 hour flight bothers me more than the loss of privilege. I know exactly how little privilege is worth. [1] I don't have children, so a few items (e.g. 8, 14) don't apply. 35 doesn't apply since I'm not a scheduled caste.

Chris2048 11y ago
Wait: > I can avoid spending time with people whom I was trained to mistrust and who have learned to mistrust my kind or me. Is this privilege basically "If I'm black, I have to spend time with whites, but whites don't have to spend time with blacks"?
- yummyfajitas 11y ago
  A significant chunk of that list is "I don't like white people but there are so many of them and I can't escape". Luckily for me I don't feel any need to escape from Indians and their food is super tasty! I really wish I could find a less stupid definition of privilege to cite, but no one ever gives me a better one.
  - Chris2048 11y ago
    ok, so a lot of these seem to conflict racial privilege, with the privileges associated with wealth and population %. I might find it hard to find western food in India, or at least if I'm not wealthy. While obviously race and wealth/pop% correlate, this list explicitly frames them as white privilege. Wealth disparity being racially correlated is a problem, but any other results deriving from this aren't in themselves a problem (e.g. finding a barber who can cut your hair). Population % certainly isn't a problem (would you go to India and complain about similar things, wealth discounted?).

Chris2048 11y ago

Wait: > I can avoid spending time with people whom I was trained to mistrust and who have learned to mistrust my kind or me. Is this privilege basically "If I'm black, I have to spend time with whites, but whites don't have to spend time with blacks"?

yummyfajitas 11y ago
A significant chunk of that list is "I don't like white people but there are so many of them and I can't escape". Luckily for me I don't feel any need to escape from Indians and their food is super tasty! I really wish I could find a less stupid definition of privilege to cite, but no one ever gives me a better one.
- Chris2048 11y ago
  ok, so a lot of these seem to conflict racial privilege, with the privileges associated with wealth and population %. I might find it hard to find western food in India, or at least if I'm not wealthy. While obviously race and wealth/pop% correlate, this list explicitly frames them as white privilege. Wealth disparity being racially correlated is a problem, but any other results deriving from this aren't in themselves a problem (e.g. finding a barber who can cut your hair). Population % certainly isn't a problem (would you go to India and complain about similar things, wealth discounted?).