RE: I Beleive... I Must Be A Racist!
July 23, 2020 at 7:03 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2020 at 7:08 am by Porcupine.)
Privilege is different to scorn or guilt or shame or blame.
Privilege is just recognizing when one is lucky and others are not.
Many people may fail to realize this and many people who believe in such privilege may indeed add scorn, guilt, shame, blame in to the equation. But they need not to that. And if they can't help doing it it's because humans are messy, frightful and silly creatures. But it need not be the case.
The true way of seeing and feeling privilege is to feel gratitude rather pride for the privilege one has and to feel compassion rather than superiority---and rather than pity or condescenstition---towards those who are less privileged than oneself.
I actually think it's rather beautiful when it's practiced and understood correctly.
Privilege is just recognizing when one is lucky and others are not.
Many people may fail to realize this and many people who believe in such privilege may indeed add scorn, guilt, shame, blame in to the equation. But they need not to that. And if they can't help doing it it's because humans are messy, frightful and silly creatures. But it need not be the case.
The true way of seeing and feeling privilege is to feel gratitude rather pride for the privilege one has and to feel compassion rather than superiority---and rather than pity or condescenstition---towards those who are less privileged than oneself.
I actually think it's rather beautiful when it's practiced and understood correctly.
"Zen … does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes." - Alan Watts
