This is a reblog from TEFL Equity Advocates. Totally worth reading twice, or more. And then start doing something about it.
These days, there is a lot of talk about privilege, particularly white male privilege, in English language media. It is argued that people who fit these racial and gender profiles receive institutional benefits because they “…resemble the people who dominate the powerful positions in our institutions” (Kendall, 2002, p. 1). However, others have argued that the term is problematic because the issue of inequity is much more dynamic or overlapping and ignores other important variables such as social and economic class. A quick perusal of the comments section on any online article dealing with the topic will immediately reveal just how strongly opinionated people are on either side of the debate; it has only helped to create even more divisiveness in societies that are already ideologically separated by an ever growing political schism of conservatism vs. liberalism.
Seen from a global perspective, however, one wonders why no mention is even…
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