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> I'm not really clear on what you mean by "hyper-privileged". If we're doing this, it's privilege to not be starving on the streets of Calcutta, it's privileg
by derleth 13y ago
> I'm not really clear on what you mean by "hyper-privileged".
If we're doing this, it's privilege to not be starving on the streets of Calcutta, it's privilege to know how to read, and it is damn sure privilege to be so surrounded by functioning computers that learning how to use them sounds like a real option instead of fairy tales and bullshit.
So, yeah, if you really want to double-down on the privilege concept, we'll go into how privileged the subject of this article actually is.
- lambda 13y agoSure, you can always find someone who you are privileged relative to. Why does that matter? That doesn't change the fact that in America, in high-tech industries, there are many privileges that men enjoy that women do not. It's a derailing tactic to say "you're privileged relative to some extremely impoverished, down on their luck person over there, so you shouldn't ever complain." Just because I don't have the worst boss in the world doesn't mean I shouldn't ever complain about my boss. Just because the US may not spy on its citizens as much as China does doesn't mean we shouldn't be complaining about the US spying on its citizens. That's what I mean when I don't understand what he means by hyper-privileged. If he's referring to relative to some hungry orphan on the streets of Calcutta, that's just not relevant. If he means relative to the other people in the class, which is the comparison that actually matters for this discussion, then I'm not sure what he means as she obviously is not privileged relative to them, as they were able to harass her into deciding not to continue that course of study.