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Major Nikon

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3. The answer to your first question is, no I can't imagine it

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 01:41 AM

Feb 2014

I can imagine some things, but I can't imagine all the impacts that you no doubt face on a daily basis. However, I know they are there along with countless other ones, some intentional on the basis of hate and some just garden variety thoughtlessness.

The main point that people should understand about privilege is that the value of the concept is not about who has it the easiest. The value of the concept is about who has it the hardest and what can be done to bring them up to everyone else. Those that simply want to bring everyone else down are accomplishing nothing productive. Recognizing what privileges you have is not nearly as valuable as recognizing what others don't have.

Thanks for sharing.

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