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Originally Posted by Jerry101
I keep hearing from others that because I am a white man ... I am a person of privilege. I always bristled at that suggestion. How can anyone who’s never walked a step in my shoes suggest that? ... and then I realized they were right after all! I had the privilege of having a loving mom and dad! They loved their four kids unconditionally! We ended every night with prayer! We said a prayer of thanks at every meal. We started every Sunday morning at Sunday school and then worshiped together in church. All four of us kids were there when we buried our parents. Today the four of us are nothing special ... but we know ... by faith... that Jesus is Lord! I’m sorry ... you are right... I am a person of privilege! Amen!
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You are privileged! And, be thankful!! You've heard the expression old money and new money. That applies to privilege as well. There's old privilege, that which is inherited because of a family's station in life. The parents may have had power or money for any number of reasons (both good and bad) and their children get to benefit from that and they become privileged. Then there's new privilege. Those that became privilege due to their own accomplishments (again good or bad). Me - I grew up poor, dropped out of school, got a GED, went into the Navy, got and undergrad degree through my VA benefits and saved everything I could. So, now I'm considered privileged. Yes I am and I'm proud of it. So, if you've elevated yourself to that level accept the title as a compliment. If others use it as a derogatory term, that's their problem not yours. They have no idea how you became privileged nor do they recognize how they might be preventing themselves from achieving that title as well.