My dad owned an arcade. When I came in the manager flipped a switch so I had unlimited Ms Pac-Man lives
I thought this was normal. I had no idea other kids had to pay!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I got fairly good at the game, better than most
That’s privilege.
My dad owned an arcade. When I came in the manager flipped a switch so I had unlimited Ms Pac-Man lives
I thought this was normal. I had no idea other kids had to pay!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I got fairly good at the game, better than most
That’s privilege.
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4 responses to “How Can I Explain Privilege? 🤔”
Love this.
And it is so very true for anyone with privilege: sometimes your privilege gets in the way of understanding your privilege…and around and ’round we go.
Likewise, I think our ‘poverty’ in one area can blind us to our privilege in another. It is a deep, deep well this apathy of the soul and detachment from ours and other’s humanity. I am so very grateful to be loved by a Father who consistently reveals my privilege. Not just to be white, or a woman, or a disciple of Jesus…but to have been born in America (in spite of the fact it can resemble a dumpster fire 🔥 sometimes).
Love and Peace,
Ivy
Yeah, I think about my American privilege often, and it’s helped me be a little more empathetic to my White neighbors who may not understand their priviledges compared to me.
This is a great, memorable and simple example you’ve given of privilege. Enjoying it without even realizing you have it. As a 63- year old middle class white man, this is true for on SO MANY LEVELS. Understanding this puts me in a MUCH BETTER place. It makes me more GRATEFUL, and eager and willing to do what I can to spread the privilege around. So we’ll said! And congrats on regaining the website URL!
thanks John! Feels good to have the website URL back! 🙂