CHAPTER 3
The Problem of Privilege: DoesDiversity Mean I Lose Mine?
You can’t give your privilege away, but you canuse it for noble purposes.
You’ve most likely experienced the effects of privilege—whether or not you knew it and whether or not the effects were favorable (though the more beneficial they were, the less likely you were to notice them).
People with privilege are often oblivious to it. Rather than recognizing that having the many advantages granted to them is simply due to their privilege, they believe that the benefits they experience on a daily basis are due to their own efforts. Similarly, they often feel that those who do not ...
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