• ThisUsernameKillsFascists@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Wow, you are adding in a whole lot that I didn’t say. I certainly don’t assume that anyone worships or aspires to be like white people, men, straight people, or cis people. As far as class, I was leaving the ultra-rich out of the equation, as they are such a tiny portion of the populace that they cannot occupy the cultural privileged/default/“normal” position - that position is filled by the “middle class”, which could be loosely described as those who appear to the outside world to be financially comfortable (even if their reality is different).

    The idea of privilege is that for each axis (race, sex, etc) there is a group that does not face the same obstacles as the other(s). Thats it. It doesn’t mean that if you are a member of a privileged group that things are easy, just that you are less likely to face those specific forms of discrimination. Most people are privileged on some axes and not on others, and even people who are privileged in literally every category can have very bad things happen to them that are no fault of their own, because that is true for anyone at any time.

    All I am saying is that privilege means not having to overcome the same level of stereotypes, prejudice, and aggressions (micro- or direct). In a halfway decent society, members of groups not viewed as default also would not face such obstacles, and everyone would be judged on their own words and actions I don’t know why you are so resistant to understanding this relatively simple concept.