I hadn't explicitly made the connection between this sort of privilege and a refusal to acknowledge (and thus wield responsibly) power, which is something that I have generally thought of a lot. It is odd how much cultural investment there often seems to be on portraying oneself as powerless. (Or the inverse, which is assuming power that does not in fact exist, though I have noticed this less and therefore found it less problematic.)
I wonder a bit if power and privilege are quite the same thing. They do seem more similar than otherwise, but then I think of group - like women - who have historically often had privilege but not power...
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Date: 2010-02-11 16:52 (UTC)I hadn't explicitly made the connection between this sort of privilege and a refusal to acknowledge (and thus wield responsibly) power, which is something that I have generally thought of a lot. It is odd how much cultural investment there often seems to be on portraying oneself as powerless. (Or the inverse, which is assuming power that does not in fact exist, though I have noticed this less and therefore found it less problematic.)
I wonder a bit if power and privilege are quite the same thing. They do seem more similar than otherwise, but then I think of group - like women - who have historically often had privilege but not power...