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The reason people refer to these things as privileges is because they are unavailable to the majority of the population. It's a very privileged perspective to

The reason people refer to these things as privileges is because they are unavailable to the majority of the population. It's a very privileged perspective to live in a world where these things are considered normal. Privilege has to do with the idea that these things are so far from being a reality for so many people that it's evident to them that the world does not consider this to be their right.

d0lph 9y ago
And I think realizing these differences is maybe helpful somehow, but here is the reality: > In that sense it feels perversly exploitative and priveleged to make so much more money ... It seems to be more useful for shaming people. > ... that the world does not consider this to be their right. This seems to imply that those with privilege think their privilege is a right.
- zbentley 9y ago
  > It seems to be more useful for shaming people. It is sometimes used that way, but is (I think more) often used in a much more analytically useful sense: as a means of indexing passive/automatic advantages that some people benefit from, and as a lens into the ways that advantage might be extended to others. > This seems to imply that those with privilege think their privilege is a right. That doesn't follow logically (if group A is bothered that the advantages of group B are not considered to be group A's right, it does not follow that group B considers those advantages to be group B's right), or textually (GP referred to "the world" as the thing not considering privilege a right for some people, which I interpreted as a reference to the context/emergent behavior/power structures that confer advantages; not specific people).
  - d0lph 9y ago
    So privilege is useful primarily for charity? > "...a reality for so many people that it's evident to them that the world does not..." The dichotomy is those with privilege, and those without.

d0lph 9y ago

And I think realizing these differences is maybe helpful somehow, but here is the reality: > In that sense it feels perversly exploitative and priveleged to make so much more money ... It seems to be more useful for shaming people. > ... that the world does not consider this to be their right. This seems to imply that those with privilege think their privilege is a right.

zbentley 9y ago
> It seems to be more useful for shaming people. It is sometimes used that way, but is (I think more) often used in a much more analytically useful sense: as a means of indexing passive/automatic advantages that some people benefit from, and as a lens into the ways that advantage might be extended to others. > This seems to imply that those with privilege think their privilege is a right. That doesn't follow logically (if group A is bothered that the advantages of group B are not considered to be group A's right, it does not follow that group B considers those advantages to be group B's right), or textually (GP referred to "the world" as the thing not considering privilege a right for some people, which I interpreted as a reference to the context/emergent behavior/power structures that confer advantages; not specific people).
- d0lph 9y ago
  So privilege is useful primarily for charity? > "...a reality for so many people that it's evident to them that the world does not..." The dichotomy is those with privilege, and those without.