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Re:Being alone by king_jester on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @03:20PM (#6636748)
Its not confessing for absolution, its a disclaimer: I'm a white dude, I have certain advantages/privileges, YMMV.
Re:Being alone by cobrausn on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @03:46PM (#6636948)
If YMMV, then why the need for the disclaimer?

Assigning 'privilege' to race and gender seems fairly lazy to me, considering there are so many ways that it may not actually be a privilege to everybody. You know what is always, without fail, a privilege? Coming from money. When I was growing up, the term 'privileged' could be used without argument that way.