Bringing up privilege is important because someone who is aware of it can cut off this sort of mistake before they make them. We indeed agree that user research

Bringing up privilege is important because someone who is aware of it can cut off this sort of mistake before they make them. We indeed agree that user research is good. So I'd imagine we agree that it's good to think "I should put the perspective and experiences of my users front and center." And that's exactly what it takes to not be privileged.