privilege

Power makes you lazy. Insofar as our earlier theoretical discussion of structural violence revealed anything, it was this: that while those in situations of power and privilege often feel it as a terrible burden of responsibility, in most ways, most of the time, power is all about what you don't have to worry about, don't have to know about, and don't have to do.

From those to whom privilege and opportunity are given, we have the right to expect much.

Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.

But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.

We all know that there are language forms that are considered impolite and out of order, no matter what truths these languages might be carrying. If you talk with a harsh, urbanized accent and you use too many profanities, that will often get you barred from many arenas, no matter what you__e trying to say. On the other hand, polite, formal language is allowed almost anywhere even when all it is communicating is hatred and violence. Power always privileges its own discourse while marginalizing those who would challenge it or that are the victims of its power.

Genealogy itself is something of a privilege, coming far more easily to those of us for whom enslavement, conquest, and dispossession of our land has not been our lot.

We have been blessed with the privilege to live life. May we live to the fullness.

When you see your feet with no footwear, also see those with no feet.

If my heart is set on pursuing real treasures, my mind must be fixed solely on the privilege of enjoying them and freed of the obsession of owning them.

To me bathtubs are the epitome of luxury. Either you have no money to own one or you have no time to use one.

And were you punished? No. Why? Because you were rich.""Money and talent aren't the same thing.""That__ because you can inherit money that was earned by your ancestors," said Sister Carlotta. "And everybody recognizes the value of money, while only select groups recognize the value of talent.

What is pain to a man? A privilege!

I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.

What is the point of a relationship if not to grant two people the very private privilege to uplift one another every day?

Everyone has a responsibility towards this larger family of man, but especially if you're privileged, that increases your responsibi

Maybe looking away is about privilege. I need to think harder and longer about my choices and recognize that choosing whom I see and whom I don't see is one of the most hurtful functions of privilege.

Privilege doesn't just insulate people from the consequences of their prejudice, it cuts them off from their humanity.

History is only ever invisible when it abets your sense of self, your desires, your ambitions, when it carries your life along in a kind of frictionless way.