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OhhhJa posted...

This sentence alone shows how incredibly asinine your entire argument is. Not simply the fact that you're trying to argue a point by using WoW metaphors but also because you seem to be denying the enormous privilege that a wealthy background affords you in life. And unlike your white privilege argument, that's actually easily proven and backed by vast amounts of data.

Where did I suggest that wealth doesn't constitute privilege? Of course it does. Wealth is probably the single biggest indicator of privilege there is since we no longer live in the days of peerage.

That said, that's not what we're discussing here. Peterass's initial reference was to "white privilege" specifically; that has to do with race, not wealth.

OhhhJa posted...

You mean like more available scholarships and affirmative action?

Interesting you mention affirmative action, because right now men are benefiting more than women and the most "disadvantaged" group under the program isn't whites - it's Asians.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-benefits-from-affirmative-action-white-men/2017/08/11/4b56907e-7eab-11e7-a669-b400c5c7e1cc_story.html?utm_term=.a6e22f8c603e

^For the record, I don't agree with the conclusions of that article, but it does outline some of the facts I'm mentioning here.

OhhhJa posted...

You mean like telling me I'm automatically privileged without knowing anything about me

I don't recall mentioning you in any of my posts thus far.

Given that all I've talked about in this topic is white privilege, I'm guessing you're white by this response. In which case yes, your race does afford you privilege that would not be afforded to a person of colour if they were in your shoes.

Do you have other forms of privilege, like wealth? That I don't know. But, as previously mentioned, that's not the subject of discussion today.
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