Bethany Mandel: Lockdown Privilege
18th January 2021
Remember when we used to hear “check your privilege” from progressives about literally anything? Not so strangely, those calls from the Left have gone silent, just at the moment when they’re advocating for policies that glaringly highlight their privilege.
The example that most animates me is school closures, overwhelmingly in urban areas handicapping an entire generation of kids with parents unable to homeschool, hire a tutor, or form a “pod” with other children. These kids are left behind, most of them permanently.