#privlege

So like, when you start pointing fingers at people within your own marginalized communities for being privileged for not struggling in the exact same way as you, what does that actually accomplish aside from fostering resentment.

Most people do understand privilege- just not their own.

Most people would agree that the children of wealthy and powerful people— like Kim kardashian west or Beyoncé or Donald trump, for example— come into the world with advantages that others don’t have, namely money. But privilege by nature of who they are, whether that be white, straight, able-bodied, cisgender, etc. having those privileges doesn’t mean you haven’t struggled because of that aspect of your identity. It means that, to some extent, you’ve benefited from a society where not all people are treated equally.

[ID: a screenshot from twitter commenting on a screenshot of a Facebook interaction. The original Facebook post is an article that reads: “not being transgender makes me privledged says Rep Ocasio-Cortez” and beneath it someone responds “what’s next? Being able to walk makes us privledged compared to those in wheelchairs?” Finally, in response to the Facebook screenshot, the twitter user simply replies “yes” /End ID]

[ID: a picture of white words on an American flag background. It reads: “when I was born they must have ran out of white privilege because I had to work my ass-odd to get where I am.” End ID]

Recognizing your privilege does not negate your struggles or hard work.

Many white people attempt to use their personal struggles as evidence that white privlege does not exist. But privlege is about a system, not an individual. Understanding your own privlege means knowing that your hardships are real, while also knowing that your whiteness has not contributed to those hardships.

In the U.S., we’re indoctrinated into an “American dream” style of thinking. That is, we are taught that anyone can succeed if they work hard, and that someone who has not succeeded has not worked hard enough. What we are not taught is that someone’s ability to “succeed” is also heavily dependent on what advantages they were given from the start. This is not to say that successful people have not worked hard— but it is to say that the road to success looks different to all people, and some roads are shorter and smoother than others.

Having privlege means having power over others, and thinking of ourselves as oppressors is emotionally difficult. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t necessary.

whether you’re ready to admit it or not, out country— and our world — are not equal. Access to education, jobs, healthcare, housing, and protection is closely linked to gender, race, ability, and socioeconomic status, to name a few. Addressing the problems and how we benefit from them are the first steps to breaking them down.

Y'all don't see us lower class people doing that.

Like I know and have seen that trans women have it a lot worse then us trans men, but to say that as soon as you come out as a trans man that you suddenly know male privilege is ridiculous!

For one thing we are still a minority so we don’t have the power or rights as a white cis man, if you don’t pass (like me) you are constantly misgendered and have to work up the courage to correct complete strangers.

I am a pansexual, poly, mentality ill trans man, if I have some kind of magical privilege that doesn’t come from the country I live in then I don’t fucking see it.

>Danny's parents die. >He's forced to watch as his mother is flung out of the plane. >He is stranded in the Himalayas on the brink of death. >Brought to K'un-L'un, where he undergoes the most grueling and punishing training to become the Iron Fist. >In the process of becoming the Iron Fist, he has to fight a literal dragon. >Returns to his home in New York only to learn all his old friends despise him. >Some even want him dead. >Fights against the Hand, an ancient criminal organization that threatens not only his life, but the lives of all those he holds dear. >Returns to K'un-L'un, only to learn everyone there, everyone he grew up with, everyone he was friends with, are now dead. >This is privilege...