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  1. Sep 2021
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    Why it's important to think about privilege - and why it's hard
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    1. asasnette 07 Sep 2021
      To this I respond with a reminder that each of us is able to undermine the system of oppression by refusing to live with unchecked or unacknowledged privilege. Simply by reflecting and challenging our privileges, and working to change the system of discrimination through direct discussion, we can help to shift the status quo.

      This reminds me of the Ted Talk we watched from Lillian Medville, as well as the infographic about Peggy McIntosh's work, about the necessity to first acknowledge our own privilege before we can start a dialogue about privilege and/or inclusivity.

    2. asasnette 07 Sep 2021
      Some of my close friends will get defensive when discussing privilege because they are afraid that the discussion will not talk about the powerful ways in which they do not have privilege, and as a defense, they deflect to speaking to only these things.

      I wonder if the defensiveness with which the privileged often react relates to a subconscious sense of guilt in knowing or just realizing they are, in fact, privileged and/or if they just want to deny any blame on themselves by stating the ways they may be disadvantaged.

    3. asasnette 07 Sep 2021
      but I haven’t been taught to see one of its corally aspects - that my privilege puts me at an advantage over others.

      Incredibly eye-opening. We must acknowledge all of these aspects of privilege, including our own.

    4. asasnette 07 Sep 2021
      misunderstand the term. Having privilege does not mean that an individual is immune to life’s hardships, but it does mean having an unearned benefit or advantage one receives in society by nature of their identity.

      I believe I have previously misunderstood the term privilege, equating it with lack of hardship. The exercises throughout our modules has scratched the surface in helping me realize just how off-base the equation is.

    5. asasnette 07 Sep 2021
      Good social workers attempt to curb the power imbalance, but it’s critical we acknowledge a simple truth: as professional social service workers we are, by-and-large, working from positions of privilege over our clients.

      I'm reminded that even the ones who are doing "good" must acknowledge that such a power imbalance exists. Without acknowledging a privilege, we can't talk about it or move forward through it.

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