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The concept of privilege only makes sense on a statistical basis. Whats the obsession with constantly applying it to single persons? That speaks to a fundamenta
by revelation 14y ago
The concept of privilege only makes sense on a statistical basis. Whats the obsession with constantly applying it to single persons? That speaks to a fundamental misunderstanding.
If being white is correlated with being high-earning, that doesn't mean every white is high-earning. That is just not the implication.
- mkr-hn 14y agoThere's no easy way to tell who the outliers are, so it's common to apply an unfortunate heuristic. Especially if you find yourself low in the local spectrum.
- shardling 14y agoThat's not what the concept of privilege means, though!
- sophacles 14y agoSure, and not every person in a high risk group will get cancer, that's statistics. Yet we still check those people in high risk groups more carefully. It is the same with privilege. You may not have every single benefit associated with you're statistical peers' privilege group, that doesn't mean you don't have privileges. Just by being in a statistically privileged group, you get some privileges. People assume you qualify, and therefore you get opportunity that isn't extended to those who don't. You get the benefit of the doubt,.