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2 | title: "On Privilege" | |
3 | date: 2019-07-15T17:40:09+05:30 | |
4 | lastmod: 2019-07-15T17:40:09+05:30 | |
5 | tags : [ "society" ] | |
6 | categories : [ "political" ] | |
7 | layout: post | |
8 | type: "post" | |
9 | highlight: false | |
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12 | A number of things we take for granted are actually privileges. | |
13 | ||
14 | The following are a few things I've recently identified as privileges through personal experience: | |
15 | ||
16 | - mental health | |
17 | - being born without birth defects | |
18 | - being cis gender | |
19 | - being accepted by society | |
20 | - place of birth | |
21 | - color of skin | |
22 | - supportive parents | |
23 | - clean water | |
24 | - affordable healthy food | |
25 | - electricity | |
26 | - internet access | |
27 | - technical knowledge | |
28 | - free time for hobbies | |
29 | - disposable income | |
30 | ||
31 | The following are more relevant in the Indian context: | |
32 | ||
33 | - being born in a higher caste | |
34 | - being a follower of the majority religion | |
35 | ||
36 | 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. |