On Privilege
A number of things we take for granted are actually privileges.
The following are a few things I’ve recently identified as privileges through personal experience:
- mental health
- being born without birth defects
- being cis gender
- being accepted by society
- place of birth
- color of skin
- supportive parents
- clean water
- affordable healthy food
- electricity
- internet access
- technical knowledge
- free time for hobbies
- disposable income
The following are more relevant in the Indian context:
- being born in a higher caste
- being a follower of the majority religion
I probably wouldn’t have thought of a lot of the above as privileges 5 years ago. I might identify some more things as privileges in the coming years.