Two things can be true. Privilege does not guarantee happiness or satisfaction in life.
As a cis-het-white male I have basically every mainstream privilege, as a result I’ve lived most of my life completely unaware of the discrimination many others face on a daily basis. When “SJW” first became a term I considered myself anti-SJW. I was depressed and struggling in life and being told I had advantages over other people was not something I wanted to hear. Since then my understanding of what privilege is and means has changed a lot.
Having privilege does not have to be a scary thing and you are not a worse person because you have privilege. It’s simply a fact of life. We intrinsically understand that attractive and/or talented people have advantages in life and get treated better based on traits that are purely biological, those traits do not guarantee those people happy or even productive lives. Take that knowledge and apply it to race/gender/sexuality and you understand privilege.
Two things can be true. Privilege does not guarantee happiness or satisfaction in life.
As a cis-het-white male I have basically every mainstream privilege, as a result I’ve lived most of my life completely unaware of the discrimination many others face on a daily basis. When “SJW” first became a term I considered myself anti-SJW. I was depressed and struggling in life and being told I had advantages over other people was not something I wanted to hear. Since then my understanding of what privilege is and means has changed a lot.
Having privilege does not have to be a scary thing and you are not a worse person because you have privilege. It’s simply a fact of life. We intrinsically understand that attractive and/or talented people have advantages in life and get treated better based on traits that are purely biological, those traits do not guarantee those people happy or even productive lives. Take that knowledge and apply it to race/gender/sexuality and you understand privilege.