“Privilege refers to certain social advantages held by a group in power that arises because of the oppression of others. Within western societies privileges are held by people who have historically occupied positions of dominance, eg. Christians, whites, and males. But besides religion, race and gender there are many other types of privilege like class, ability, sexuality or gender identity.
Owning one or more of these privileges doesn’t ultimately mean your life hasn’t been hard, it just means that for example your skin color or gender aren’t one of the things making it harder.
In the following pages you can find a lot of interesting and different articles all dealing with the topic of privilege.
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