#privilege

#privilege

"You're asking a man in his 60s to sit in a stiff chair in full daylight for three hours while two dudes swat at a tiny ball. God forbid a man gets some shut-eye."

Membership in groups such as white, male, straight, and Christian confers advantages that increase the odds of achieving power in the United States.

Possession of a city parking placard is a privilege. But as sociologists have long observed, when someone is accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

The heightened salience of identity in modern political discourse suggests an internalisation of the neoliberal view, reducing identities to consumer preferences.

"Cecilie and Angel are ready to assist, and as they do, the social structures of privilege and power that govern the elegant homes around them begin to crumble."

Henry Muck, a member of the British aristocracy, represents the ultimate privileged wastrel, confident in his green-energy venture despite lacking the necessary fundamentals for success.