Two Sentences That Perfectly Capture What It Means to Be Privileged in America Today
10th June 2015
Hint: Not what the dictionary says it means.
“Don’t console yourself that you are the 99 percent,” he says. “If you live near a Whole Foods; if no one in your family serves in the military; if you are paid by the year, not the hour; if most people you know finished college; if no one you know uses meth; if you married once and remain married; if you’re not one of 65 million Americans with a criminal record — if any or all of these things describe you, then accept the possibility that actually, you may not know what’s going on, and you may be part of the problem.”
Like ‘subconscious racism’, ‘privilege’ is the catch-all leftist code-word for ‘you suck’.