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At the same time, though, I also want people-with-privilege to be aware that this is happening: that there are whole subtexts that you may be missing because it is part of your privilege that you are protected from the more immediate, felt responses of the less-privileged.
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If you need an example of how this operates as a privilege, simply take a look at what happens in any conversation where this understood and assumed principle is not in operation: chances are good that the privileged person will get upset, defensive, and angry, and will perform the equivalent of taking their toys and going home after insulting the less-privileged person or otherwise denouncing the position she has taken.
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Second, there is the fact that the deaths and injuries suffered by U.S. soldiers impose a burden disproportionately on the families of less-privileged Americans, compared to the super-rich.
Robert Naiman: A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars Robert Naiman 2010
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And then it turned into this blog post: a conversation about how a part of privilege is the implicit expectation that you can have that a less-privileged person will tailor their responses to a given incident to suit your level of sensitivity and knowledge of the issues involved.
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Second, there is the fact that the deaths and injuries suffered by U.S. soldiers impose a burden disproportionately on the families of less-privileged Americans, compared to the super-rich.
Robert Naiman: A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars Robert Naiman 2010
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Second, there is the fact that the deaths and injuries suffered by U.S. soldiers impose a burden disproportionately on the families of less-privileged Americans, compared to the super-rich.
Robert Naiman: A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars Robert Naiman 2010
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He painted a vivid picture of her: dancer, gymnast, swimmer, "A" student, member of her school's student council, volunteer for a charity that helps less-privileged kids, and the only girl on her Little League team.
Arianna Huffington: The President, Christina-Taylor Green, and the Real State of the Union Arianna Huffington 2011
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He painted a vivid picture of her: dancer, gymnast, swimmer, "A" student, member of her school's student council, volunteer for a charity that helps less-privileged kids, and the only girl on her Little League team.
Arianna Huffington: The President, Christina-Taylor Green, and the Real State of the Union Arianna Huffington 2011
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He painted a vivid picture of her: dancer, gymnast, swimmer, "A" student, member of her school's student council, volunteer for a charity that helps less-privileged kids, and the only girl on her Little League team.
Arianna Huffington: The President, Christina-Taylor Green, and the Real State of the Union Arianna Huffington 2011
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Thus, the activist demand for "fair trade" is a call both to combat corporate power and to manage trade in a way that is sustainable and beneficial for the less-privileged sectors of our global society.
Mark Engler: Fight Inequality, Don't Scapegoat Immigrants Mark Engler 2010
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