Real privilege in a nutshell...

in privilege •  2 years ago 

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Black man who risked his life to learn to read:

"It would be no vindication of the right of speech to prove that certain gentlemen of great distinction, eminent for their learning and ability, are allowed to freely express their opinions on all subjects – including the subject of slavery. Such a vindication would need, itself, to be vindicated. It would add insult to injury. Not even an old-fashioned abolition meeting could vindicate that right in Boston just now. There can be no right of speech where any man, however lifted up, or however humble, however young, or however old, is overawed by force, and compelled to suppress his honest sentiments."

White man who was legally required to learn to read:

"oh you are referring to people not actually a job must not have one. That a groomer is not a job title"

I didn't omit punctuation. The dude didn't use a period.

That's privilege. Frederick Douglass risked his life to learn to read and speak in a way that puts most of us, including me, to shame. Most kids today that are talking about "privilege" don't know how to use a comma.

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