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Sure, 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 t
by sophacles 14y ago
Sure, 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,.