privilege

I live a pretty good life, I'm young, able bodied, middle class, white and male with no mental health issues and lots of supportive friends/family which basically means I won the situational lottery. So I can't argue that I'm a high authority on this topic, but here are my 2 cent.

I dislike the concept of privilege, because I feel my ascribed status makes me ordinary, just another white kid who achieves because society's golden light hit him. It feels as if it's saying my achievements are less real and my problems are less valid than those identical problems on a minority. As if I'm destined to mediocrity because I haven't needed to overcome a great crisis.

It also creates the problematic view that the lives of women/people of colour are inherently worse due to their position in society, which is a false assumption. I understand that these people go through hardships in day to day life such as a lack of role models in the media (how many black lead characters can you name? What about Asian leads? Leads with disability?) And that they do have hurdles to overcome, but perpetuating an "us and them" culture antagonises people who haven't done anything wrong.

But I digress, perhaps my disapproval is due to my view of the world, I have never seen how the other half live and until a "freaky Friday"situation occurs I can't. I'd be interested in hearing other arguments, let's open a conversation. 

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