Privilege

Why Privileged White Girls Need Real Jobs

Tamara Shayne Kagel | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Jobs, Women, Hanna Rosin, Michelle Obama, Romney Campaign, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney 2012, Ann Romney, Women and Money, Value of Money, College Education, Life Lessons, Privilege, Women News
Tamara Shayne Kagel

There was nothing they could've said to teach me the value of money. All they could do was kick me out with a college degree in hand, offer to keep me on the family plan and hope for the best.

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The President and the Privileged

Hayden Bixby | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Paramount Theater, Education, Seattle, Kristin Chenoweth, Civil Rights, Dave Matthews, Obama, Tax Reform, Privilege, President, Gay Marriage, 1%, Veterans, Politics News
Hayden Bixby

Even more tellingly, the people ahead of me in line had worked a graveyard shift in order to pay the $200 it cost them to attend. And they hadn't slept, because they drove up to Seattle from Tacoma right after work to get in line.

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When First and Third World Meet

Daniel Weeks | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: South Africa, Poverty, White Privilege, White, Black, Race, Privilege, Inequality, Interracial Love, Impact News
Daniel Weeks

I may have worked hard when I was young, but the opportunities to learn and work that defined my growing up are hardly the norm in this country, where half the children are born into degrading poverty. The contrasts go on and on.

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To Phil Valentine: Shut Up About Race, Jeremy Lin, and Political Correctness

Brandon Thomas | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Sports, Talk Radio, Espn, Jeremy Lin, Phil Valentine, Racism, Black, Basketball, Privilege, Chinese, African Americans, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News
Brandon Thomas

In a recent article in the Murfreesboro Pulse shock jock and local conservative talk radio personality Phil Valentine ignorantly discussed the issue of the racist headline that showed up on ESPN about Jeremy Lin, a basketball player for the New York Knicks.

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Is Obama an Affirmative Action President? Yeah, Probably

John Hawkins | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Obama, Affirmative Action, Jonathan Capehart, Privilege, Rick Perry, Politics News
John Hawkins

MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart got huffy and played the race card after Rick Perry pointed out that Barack Obama has a "privileged" background just like hi...

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Christians Should Be More Than "Gay Okay"

Christian Piatt | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Progressive Christianity, Lgbt, Christian-Piatt, Social Justice, Gay Rights, Emergent Church, Jim Wallis, Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo, Christianity, Spencer Burke, Gay, Privilege, Rob Bell, Missional-Church, Religion and Sexuality, Christianity and LGBT, Gay Christians, Religion News
Christian Piatt

To say that something like sexual orientation, race, economic status, gender are not issues to us is to speak from a position of privilege.

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The Price of Privilege: Inheriting the Earth, Like It or Not

Betsy Perry | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Environmentalism, Sustainable Energy, Education, Prep Schools, Wind Energy, Privilege, Earth Day, Windspire, Earth Week, New York News
Betsy Perry

While our public school kids are fighting for a hot breakfast and desk space, these lucky duck kids are the ones who may have the money and time to focus on the quality of life going forward.

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Grant Hill's Misfire

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Race, Espn, Jalen Rose, Duke, Fab Five, Uncle Tom, University of Michigan, Class, Privilege, Grant Hill, Sports News
Jonathan Weiler

In today's bizarro world, too many of the privileged -- sensitive to the slightest slights -- believe that they should never have to feel anything but pride and self-satisfaction about their station in life.

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Pink's New Video Goes a 'Little' Too Far

Shelby Knox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heightism, Carey Hart, Ableism, Privilege, Domestic Violence, Music Video, Pink, Video, Entertainment News
Shelby Knox

Imagine if instead of being a Little Person, the mercilessly mocked character Hart plays in Pink's latest video was in blackface or yellowface. Still adorable and funny? Not so much.

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Race, The Prince of Persia, CNN and Trevor

Kety Esquivel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kety Esquivel

This Memorial Day week-end our youngest asked us to go see the Prince of Persia. He loves the Prince of Persia Legos his father bought him (He says t...

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UK Goes Forward To The Past! A Cabinet That Looks Like... Eton (No Blacks, Gays or Jews Need Apply)

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Mrs. Mopps, Cleaning Ladies, Elite, Cabinet, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ethnic Diversity, Prep Schools, Toffs, Eton, Privilege, Gender Diversity, Colonialism, The Dashed Natives Are Restless!, Zulus, World News
Martin Lewis

Fortunately for this true-blue Tory son of the landed gentry, David Cameron has been able to pick a cabinet that looks like his alma-mater -- Britain's most exclusive, elite, boys-only private school Eton.

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Not A Problem, A Pribble

Sally Kohn | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: John Edwards, Racism, Problem, Sex Tape, Definitions, Liberalism, Words, Language, Status, Elite, Pribble, Dictionary, Privilege, Healthy Living News
Sally Kohn

Some problems, a friend recently suggested, are not in fact problems at all. They are pribbles -- problems of a privileged existence.

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COLUMN: Faux Frugality Serves No One

The Harvard Crimson | James K. Mcauley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ever wonder whether the pretty blonde girl begging for money in the Square is actually an anthropology concentrator conducting an experiment for her t...

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California's Crisis: Public Education for the Privileged?

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University, Education, March 4, Youth Radio, Youthradio, Protest, Privilege, College News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Nathan Hadden and Nick Belizzi Facu...

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Constructing the Achievement Gap

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Racism, Education, Equity, Nclb, Privilege, Achievement Gap, Politics News
Rick Ayers

At Berkeley High, the achievement gap persists because privileged parents thwart efforts to develop equity between students, and use their social capital to get their way, even if it's against the interest of their kids.

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That Was Mighty White of You Chris Matthews

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Color, Advancement, Promotions, President Obama, Race, Privilege, Chris Matthews, Media News
Natalie Holder-Winfield

I wonder what President Obama started to look like to Chris Matthews. Did Matthews still see him as a human being?

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Whether Gates or Health Care, Race Matters

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Abby L. Ferber

Discussions of race are not merely a distraction from more important matters; they are essential to understanding political mobilization around many of the significant policy issues facing us today.

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Andres Piedrahita Shamed By Media Into Leaving Mega-Yacht

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socialites, Yachts, Bernard Madoff, Walter Noel, Wealth, Privilege, Andres Piedrahita, Yacht, Business News
Vicky Ward

Last week, I wrote how Piedrahita, the major shareholder of a feeder fund that lost $7 billion of investors' money to Bernie Madoff, was summering on his new yacht. This week, he's off the yacht.

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Getting to the Roots of Hate Crime

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Hate Crimes, Hate, Annual Day of Silence, Bullying, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Mathew Shepard Act, State Hate Crime Statutues, Colorado, Harassment, Transgender, Gay, Oppression, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Schools., Angie Zapata, Federal Hate Crime Law, Privilege, Inequality, Hate Crime, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

If we are serious about protecting people from violence and crime simply because of their group identities, we must also take seriously their right to equality in the home, workplace, and school.

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An Involuntary Lent

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

While I support the president's budget, it does not bring Easter morning to the country.

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I Am Racist!

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racism, Obama, Race, Barack Obama, Election, White Privilege, Whiteness, Privilege, Votes, Racist, Florida, Pennsylvania, Polls, Voters, New York Times, Florida Voters, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

Race will be a factor in this presidential election. It is always a factor in our society. How much race impacts the election will depend on our willingness to consciously strive to be anti-racist.

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