{"id":324,"date":"2018-12-17T19:40:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T19:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achoiceinthis.com\/?p=324"},"modified":"2019-07-12T19:42:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T19:42:13","slug":"why-lazy-privilege-is-lethal-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.achoiceinthis.com\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"Why Lazy Privilege is lethal Privilege"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dear dominate culture humans,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– yes that means you, white & cis people (especially you, white-cis-males), you are representative of the main cultural lens of our shared Western society. I\u2019m not blaming you, nor am I shaming you, we are just talking about facts. The fact is that all things pass through this lens, meaning that<\/em>demographic is the litmus of acceptability. It is the yardstick<\/em> of normalicy. Meaning that *our* culture is (in some shape or form) represented in the majority of media, the majority of society, and as the majority rule. Meaning that *you* are able to sit at a cafe table, in middle-of-the-road clothing, in any Western country, and pass as almost invisible. That is an amazing privilege, to be so representative of what is normal<\/em>, that you blend in almost anywhere to the extent that you don\u2019t really exist. What a delightfully free and relaxing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Now \u2014 yes, yes \u2014 that is quite ableist of me, and it isn\u2019t taking into account the spectrum of social stratification within the dominant culture, though even when we adjust the above statement for such stratification we are still presented with the power of privilege that comes from the dominant culture. Largely we are able to mask those differences, and if (through an overt identifier) we are unable to \u2018hide in plain sight\u2019, we are still holding place in the unfolding list of otherness (meaning anyone who deviates from the perceived cultural norm) with whiteness<\/em> featuring heavily in our benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does that mean though? Any why am I talking to you about it?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, it means that this is *our* area. Think about it, it literally means that. It means that \u2018we people\u2019 dominate this area of the planet, that we cultivate the status-quo here, and that we have held power for significantly long enough that all of this appears to be \u2018just the way it is\u2019. So it is \u2014 again no blame, no shame. No difference in how dominant culture works when sitting at a cafe in London than sitting at one in Tokyo, that is how it works, majority rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n