Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece

Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by charrondev on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:39PM (#27066659)

I think the point is that whole collectively one group may be more privileged, people are individuals and not a collective.

For example a black child born into extreme or moderate wealth is undoubtedly more privileged than a white child that is orphaned at a young age.

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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by bart_spoon on Thursday May 06, 2021 @02:54PM (#27067616)

This is also known as an ecological fallacy [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_fallacy

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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by psychometry on Thursday May 06, 2021 @02:26PM (#27067304)

Conditionality is applied in the concept: Privilege is essentially the difference in outcomes ascribed to two otherwise identical people due to a particular disadvantage that members of one group suffer but members of the other group don't.

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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by capitol_ on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:46PM (#27066770)

There is always statistical outliers in any large data set, but they don't affect the median value significantly.

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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by bart_spoon on Thursday May 06, 2021 @02:59PM (#27067685)

This is in no way a rebuttal to what they said. The point is that privilege very well may exist and be a valid concept surrounding an aggregate, but be a invalid tool for comparing individuals.

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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by psychometry on Thursday May 06, 2021 @03:22PM (#27067939)

Who's using it to compare individuals? The entire discussion revolves around populations and institutions.

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