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I have a question for the Agape Community poster, who related experiences of rejecting white privilege. I have certainly considered rejecting privilege, but I have a hard time understanding where to draw the line. So much of my upbringing, who I am, what I have and so on, are a construction of the many privileges I have grown up with. White, middle class, US citizen, female (can be considered a privilege in some senses, male privilege in other senses), able, assumed straight, etc. When I've looked deeply into the matter, even my basic principles have basis in my class background, and I find they are still important to me, nonetheless. Your story is inspiring and I hope you will provide some insight into the matter. It seems that many of my privileges are powers that can be used to spread the seeds of peace, but paradoxically are the seeds of war, as you described. Is my use of them undermining the peace I want to create? ??? |