I'm not convinced that to lay the situation out in these terms is the best philosophical basis for discussion.
Perhaps not, but I think it's a useful idea to have in your mental toolkit.
[To be used with care, mind: I've seen it used in ways that looked very much like a fully general counterargument (http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Fully_general_counterargument).]
That is to say only the members of a self-selected elite can apparently diagnose this privilege, and you have to acknowledge it to get into their club.
I don't think so. I think the idea is that in the ordinary way of things you wouldn't notice the ways in which your privilege benefits you, but you can learn to recognise those ways with a bit of effort. But yes, this will probably involve comparing notes with someone who doesn't have that privilege.
It's not saying 'when you do x you hurt me*', it's saying that merely by you being you, you are hurting me.
No, it's saying "because of what you are, and the way you were consequently raised and treated, you unwittingly participate in systems that hurt me". You can learn to recognise these systems and cease participation.
I suppose I also want someone to explain it to me in my own language
I think this counts as a desire for spoon-feeding :-(
Ultimately I just want to scream out 'stop being oppressed!' to people
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Perhaps not, but I think it's a useful idea to have in your mental toolkit.
[To be used with care, mind: I've seen it used in ways that looked very much like a fully general counterargument (http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Fully_general_counterargument).]
That is to say only the members of a self-selected elite can apparently diagnose this privilege, and you have to acknowledge it to get into their club.
I don't think so. I think the idea is that in the ordinary way of things you wouldn't notice the ways in which your privilege benefits you, but you can learn to recognise those ways with a bit of effort. But yes, this will probably involve comparing notes with someone who doesn't have that privilege.
It's not saying 'when you do x you hurt me*', it's saying that merely by you being you, you are hurting me.
No, it's saying "because of what you are, and the way you were consequently raised and treated, you unwittingly participate in systems that hurt me". You can learn to recognise these systems and cease participation.
I suppose I also want someone to explain it to me in my own language
I think this counts as a desire for spoon-feeding :-(
Ultimately I just want to scream out 'stop being oppressed!' to people
Would that it were so easy :-(