When asked to think about how our group membership provides us with certain advantages in life, we often react with shock, guilt, anger, denial, and defensiveness. By virtue of being born into certain ...

The plight of Pierre, &c. Up north and down here, &c. 9/11 as ‘inside job,’ &c. Audio By Carbonatix In a column last Friday, I discussed “privilege,” which often means money: “She comes from privilege ...

Initially, my question was: how can involuntary conversations about race and privilege - those that happen between people who are not coming together to learn about privilege - happen productively, ...

The “P” word can be triggering. Yet, it does not have to be. Privilege can be a difficult concept for people to understand. Because it often requires clarification, this creates a gap between what ...

Learning about privilege requires three key aspects: openness, humility, and self-awareness. Openness to learning about new things, which might be foreign to your own experience. Humility to recognize ...