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I found this article really interesting on this subject:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100219631/check-your-privilege-top-trumps-actually-laurie-penny-it-is-all-about-me/

I think what it brings out is that a lot of people like Laurie will say things like "it's not a game of top trumps" but actually the way that they respond when it happens is exactly like a game of top trumps.

I do think that people have the right to opinions about experiences that they haven't had. Not least because what happens when two black people disagree about racism or two women disagree about feminism if we've gone for this approach where your experience makes you automatically win the argument. I take your point that not everything is about winning the logical argument but it seems to me that that is, in fact, usually the way that CYP is used.

I think it's definitely helpful to reflect upon the advantages in life that you may have had and the different perspectives that others have and the different ways in which people are treated but I'm not sure that I've ever seen the term "privilege" or the instruction to check it really help with those reflections and conversations.