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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span>'''P'''</span><strong style=""><span>rivilege</span></strong><span> is the </span><em style=""><span>systemic effect observed at the individual and social level where differential treatment and/or access to resources is due to socially-constructed positionality.</span></em><span> - The HUB</span></span> | |||
== Examples of Privilege == | |||
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White privilege | |||
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Explains how "white people are, through racialization [prioritization of skin color arising from racism</span><span>], advantaged by their skin colour even in the event of economic disadvantage." - </span>''<span>Race Forward <ref> https://www.raceforward.org/sites/default/files/Race%20Reporting%20Guide%20by%20Race%20Forward_V1.1.pdf </ref> </span></span> | |||
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Able-bodied privilege | |||
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Able-bodied privilege is ''"living under the assumption that everybody else on earth can speak, hear, see, and get around, more-or-less the same way we do, with a similar amount of ease." - ''Kate Harveston'' <ref>https://headstuff.org/topical/able-bodied-privilege/</ref> ''</span></span> | |||
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Heterosexual privilege | |||
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Heterosexual privilege is ''"unearned, often unconscious or taken for granted benefits afforded to heterosexuals in a heterosexist society based on their sexual orientation." -''University of California <ref><ul> | |||
<li class="mwt-list"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" ><span>http://queer.ucmerced.edu/sites/queer.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/queer_ally_homework.pdf</span></span></li> | |||
</ul></ref> For example, queer people have to declare their sexuality, otherwise they are often assumed to be heterosexual.</span></span> | |||
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For more on how privilege and oppression intersects, see [[intersectionality]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:46, 20 October 2022
Privilege is the systemic effect observed at the individual and social level where differential treatment and/or access to resources is due to socially-constructed positionality. - The HUB
Examples of Privilege
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White privilege |
Explains how "white people are, through racialization [prioritization of skin color arising from racism], advantaged by their skin colour even in the event of economic disadvantage." - Race Forward [1] |
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Able-bodied privilege |
Able-bodied privilege is "living under the assumption that everybody else on earth can speak, hear, see, and get around, more-or-less the same way we do, with a similar amount of ease." - Kate Harveston [2] |
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Heterosexual privilege |
Heterosexual privilege is "unearned, often unconscious or taken for granted benefits afforded to heterosexuals in a heterosexist society based on their sexual orientation." -University of California [3] For example, queer people have to declare their sexuality, otherwise they are often assumed to be heterosexual.
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For more on how privilege and oppression intersects, see intersectionality.
If you have any suggested revisions or additional resources to share related to the above content, please email them to kenzie@lehub.ca.
