Man my Mom would get defensive when I point out how privileged I am. Like yeah, I've worked hard and had many issues I've had to work through, and think I'm a relatively smart and capable person, but I've still had untold advantages (financial, racial, cultural, etc)
I'm not ashamed or apologetic of my privilege but I make sure I'm always aware of it to stay understanding. Like I can never look down on a McDonalds worker cause those fuckers work so hard, or try to recognize long histories of abuse that puts some communities in the situations they're in
Some might call this virtuesignaling, but whatever. I used to live in a headspace of arrogance and self righteousness and never want to sink back to that
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u/alwayzbored114 Dec 11 '19
Man my Mom would get defensive when I point out how privileged I am. Like yeah, I've worked hard and had many issues I've had to work through, and think I'm a relatively smart and capable person, but I've still had untold advantages (financial, racial, cultural, etc)
I'm not ashamed or apologetic of my privilege but I make sure I'm always aware of it to stay understanding. Like I can never look down on a McDonalds worker cause those fuckers work so hard, or try to recognize long histories of abuse that puts some communities in the situations they're in
Some might call this virtuesignaling, but whatever. I used to live in a headspace of arrogance and self righteousness and never want to sink back to that