Checking My Privilege - essay

[TNMTBik3r]

Found this on another forum, it needs shared. A bit long to copy paste whole thing - college kid wrote an essay about Privilege.

I recommend reading the whole thing... Knocked it out of the park. http://theprincetontory.com/main/checking-my-privilege-character-as-the-basis-of-privilege/

"There is a phrase that floats around college campuses, Princeton being no exception, that threatens to strike down opinions without regard for their merits, but rather solely on the basis of the person that voiced them. “Check your privilege,” the saying goes, and I have been reprimanded by it several times this year. The phrase, handed down by my moral superiors, descends recklessly, like an Obama-sanctioned drone, and aims laser-like at my pinkish-peach complexion, my maleness, and the nerve I displayed in offering an opinion rooted in a personal Weltanschauung. “Check your privilege,” they tell me in a command that teeters between an imposition to actually explore how I got where I am, and a reminder that I ought to feel personally apologetic because white males seem to pull most of the strings in the world." Edited May 3, 2014 by jonathon1289

[Ugly]

I am privileged that my grandparents migrated here from Italy in the 20's to give us a better life in the best country on earth.
Too bad the minority have taken charge of schools and spew their twisted ideas.

[bersaguy]

I read that entire thing in Yahoo news a couple days ago. Very interesting and true but before it is over it is going to turn into a racial issue so I didn't post it here.................jmho

[Caster]

It's a privilege to me to tell all those people they can kiss my ass.

[101]

Love the commenter that said "check your excuses". 

 

Article hits it on the head.

[Spiffy]

Don't you mean ese instead of essay. :wave:      :rofl: