RE: Christian Privilege
March 17, 2018 at 10:29 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2018 at 10:32 pm by paulpablo.)
(March 17, 2018 at 2:26 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(March 17, 2018 at 2:23 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Muslims getting away with shit if non muslims couldn't get away with in a local bakery is by definition an example of a specific group being privileged in that bakery. That is the definition of privilege, a specific group of people which have an advantage/immunity available to them.The subject and definition of privilege being used..is, again, not an issue of what happens at the local bakery. It doesn't matter whether or not muslims are somehow privileged at a muslim bakery.
I didn't say that the subject and definition of privilege being used is an issue of what happens at a local bakery. What happens at a local bakery won't change the definition or subject of privilege.
I said the Muslims at the local bakery are by definition privileged if they're privileged. And by definition they would be privileged if given an immunity that non Muslims don't have.
(March 17, 2018 at 2:26 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(March 17, 2018 at 2:23 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Muslims getting away with shit if non muslims couldn't get away with in a local bakery is by definition an example of a specific group being privileged in that bakery. That is the definition of privilege, a specific group of people which have an advantage/immunity available to them.
The concept of privilege is not a comment on whether or not someone has it better than someone else at a specific bakery. It's the fact that my expectations for a broad range of scenarios outside of some bakery where they like me can be derived from my possessing the privileged attribute....or being perceived as possessing it. I am perceived as a white christian male in a country with white privilege male privilege and christian privilege. I get the benefits of the parts that don't accurately describe me anyway.
Concepts aren't comments on anything, they're abstract ideas.
The idea is that some people have immunities or advantages that another group doesn't have. Again to repeat myself, that definition does fit perfectly well with people who have advantages over other groups in a bakery. There's no geographical extent mentioned in the definition of a privilege. It can be within a household, a country, or a bakery.
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