Guess which state is among the cited states in her first example? ... #1 Understand Your Privilege Now a lot of people get hung up on the word privilege so let me break it down for you nice and easy. Privilege does not mean that you are rich, that youve had an easy life, that everythings been handed to you and youve never had to struggle and work hard. All it means is that there are some things in life that you will not experience or ever have to think about just because of who you are. Its kind of like those horses that have those blinders on: The can see just fine theres just a whole bunch of stuff on the side that they dont even know exists. For example: there are currently 29 states where you can legally be fired for being gay and there are 34 states where you can legally be fired for being trans. Now as a straight cis woman those are things that I dont ever have to think about if I dont want to. Im not going to be fired because Im straight and Im not going to be fired because I am cis. So it makes sense that before I can fight for the rights of others I have to understand what rights I have and others dont. Thats privilege. via Franchesca Chescaleigh Ramsey
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 23:41:16 +0000
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