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obamanut2012

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9. I am educated and white
Tue May 22, 2012, 01:02 PM
May 2012

I am female, gay, and far from being rich.

My education and race give me some privilege in some circumstances, although no real societal power.

I have realized I am privileged in some ways for a long time, but it didn't really hit me smack in the face until I started teaching students where the majority of them had no societal privilege, and would have a very difficult getting any, even with a decent education.

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