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[โ€“] manicdave@feddit.uk 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It seems like the atmosphere is changing now but I've been saying this for years.

The language of privilege is backwards and counter productive.

[โ€“] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

what does that mean?

language of privilege

i've never heard that phrase

[โ€“] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 7 points 3 days ago

I think he means the mental framework where levels of privilege are assigned to swaths of the population based a facet of their identity: white privilege, female privilege, vegetarian privilege, etc.