While I agree that the concept of privilege is greatly misused in argument, I think that this is only possible because it is such a powerful and scary idea. Everything you've said in this post makes me more convinced that the privilege framing is important and relevant - my dad gets all cranky when I tell him to stop saying racist things, for example, but it doesn't mean he should go around saying them or that his family should have to listen.
Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.
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Date: 2013-06-04 05:31 am (UTC)