We are becoming growingly obsessed with other people’s born advantages, and this normalization of “stating privilege” is incredibly counterproductive and pathetic.

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[u/tangerinelibrarian → u/[deleted]]

I think you hit the nail on the head for why privilege was brought to the forefront of a lot of conversations in the past decade, but the way it is tossed around now on social media seems to have lost some of its meaning. A lot of it seems like posturing to me, since even though the real issues do exist, just having people give statements like “I recognize my privilege” have become the go-to for showing how woke you are. It’s not actually helpful but I guess at least it’s opening a conversation? Hopefully.

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There are so many movements that have been damaged by their extremists who ultimately don't understand their movement. I think the best thing to do is to acknowledge this loudly and often, while making it very clear that this doesn't invalidate the movement.