Tag: my calculus teacher used to tell me the answers on tests because he could not bear for me to be sad

Good morning! Today we’re going to talk about PRIVILEGE. (I know, you’re excited.) To be more specific, we’re going to talk about why you, a person with X privilege, just got your feelings hurt online while trying to have a good-faith conversation with someone who lacks X privilege, and you want to understand why. (Spoilers: It’s not because people who lack X privilege are “toxic.” It’s because the whole structure of privilege is.) Online conversations about diversity can be like trying to hold a math class where some of the students are doing advanced calculus and some of the students…