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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. |