“Naw, the goal isn’t to make you feel bad. Having privilege isn’t the problem, everyone has privilege! Myself included! But understanding your privilege is the first step in working towards equality for everyone. Privilege doesn’t mean you’ve never had to struggle or had everything handed to you. It just means there are some things you won’t experience because of who you are. For example, I’m a black woman, but I’m also straight. So there are things I’ll never experience because I’m not LGBTQ. That doesn’t mean I don’t have challenges as a woman or as a black woman, it just means they’re different from those in the LGBTQ community. Same goes for you, no matter what background you are. No one is trying to make you feel bad. In fact it’s the exact opposite! The goal is to get you thinking about how who you are influences what you do and don’t experience so you can better support others who face inequalities that you don’t. Hope that clears things up!”
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Franchesca “Chescaleigh” Ramsey
This is an especially compassionate response to people who think the notion of “privilege” is somehow meant to make them feel bad.
(via chescaleigh)