Quote Originally Posted by boingy View Post
Privilege has always been about money and who you know. Mick is right though the real privileges in life are honest to goodness lessons and examples in integrity. White privilege is something that the white upper members of society have, almost anyone on TV for example had university educations, rich parents or relatives that were producers or in the "business". There will be rich Black people too who have far more privilege than any of us have. Its the poor, always has been who are underprivileged because they don't know anyone with any "clout" and don't have any money. The society ladder has ever decreasing gaps between the rungs as you ascend. The lower down you are the harder the next step is. In fact the first rung is purposely made so damn high that most people just come to "know their place"
Brilliant post!