"Now, it’s important to point out that the underlying logic of “check[ing] your privilege” isn’t inherently problematic. Asking the question “to what extent might my personal socio-economic background influence my thinking?” can be a perfectly sensible thing to do in certain cases, particularly when reasoning about social questions (less so: math). The problem is that, so far as I can tell, precisely no one in the entire history of that phrase has ever actually used it that potentially useful way."
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:51:34 +0000
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