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That privilege meme
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 06:46 pmI've seen this all over, and every time I read another take on it I notice something -- some assumption, some omission -- that I haven't noticed before. So ...
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Thing is, few of the above factors made me feel underprivileged. I did feel underprivileged by things like my mother telling me off ("you did it on purpose!") instead of being sympathetic / taking me to the doctor when an exploding cherryade bottle sliced my knee open. By going on a school trip and having the teachers ask me why I was wearing 'smart' shoes and not trainers, and being too embarrassed to say that I didn't own a pair of trainers. By going to the first wedding I remember attending (I was about 14) and having to wear a hat that my mother had made for me, because everyone wore hats to weddings as far as she was concerned. By not having 'official' school uniform because my parents refused to buy it from the 'official' shop.
But that's all relative. And there were others in the same boat.
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Thing is, few of the above factors made me feel underprivileged. I did feel underprivileged by things like my mother telling me off ("you did it on purpose!") instead of being sympathetic / taking me to the doctor when an exploding cherryade bottle sliced my knee open. By going on a school trip and having the teachers ask me why I was wearing 'smart' shoes and not trainers, and being too embarrassed to say that I didn't own a pair of trainers. By going to the first wedding I remember attending (I was about 14) and having to wear a hat that my mother had made for me, because everyone wore hats to weddings as far as she was concerned. By not having 'official' school uniform because my parents refused to buy it from the 'official' shop.
But that's all relative. And there were others in the same boat.
