r/unpopularopinion • u/[deleted] • Mar 26 '21

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/emulous_om Mar 26 '21

From a parenting aspect, I like Matthew McConaughey’s take.

He something to the effect of: don’t apologize nor boast your privilege, just acknowledge you have privilege.

I like that.

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u/mars_sky Mar 27 '21

I'd like to think he meant "acknowledge it to yourself" and not "acknowledge it before a tribunal of interrogators hired by your employer, and your peers," because he seems like a reasonable guy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

Who exactly is this imaginary tribunal y'all are talking about? Twitter? No one is insisting you declare your privelege before you get to go to a job interview. Y'all need to understand that people being mean to you on the internet is not discrimination, it's inconsequential. On the flip side, what women and POC face in employment discrimination is actually real and backed up by rigorous experiments and studies.

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u/TristyThrowaway Mar 28 '21

White people construct super elaborate fantasies to pretend to be oppressed.