1. Elevating individuals doesn’t solve privilege

I’ve been trying to figure out precisely how many jobs are available in the US at any time, but I think that information is not tracked. I guess it would involve employers letting someone know, “We’re hiring a new [position]” every time they decide to do so, and nobody in the government would take the [...] No related posts.

1. Trolling: the privilege of way too much time on your hands
2. Response entitlement: you don’t have any

1. Please check your feeds
2. On changing the name to What Privilege

1. On changing the name to What Privilege
2. White Trash Blues: Class Privilege v. White Privilege
3. Ableist language in the name of this site?

1. Niceness privilege

Someone sent me an interesting article about how US workers get so little vacation compared to workers in other developed nations. The article makes the usual points: US workers get typically 2-3 weeks, at best, while Germans get 6 weeks and loads of countries provide four. Part of the reason, of course, is that other [...] No related posts.

I recently came across this randomly in a thread discussing living on minimum wage in Los Angeles and whether it’s possible. The discussion wanders onto the topic of high taxation for California’s social services: Please don’t be fooled by California’s glorious social service programs – THE GOVERNOR CUT THE FUNDS WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE. How [...] No related posts.

1. Ableist language in the name of this site?
2. Language privilege and regionalism

Six people are dead and fourteen others injured by gunshot in Tuscon because of the actions of a man who may be mentally ill. Whenever something like this happens and the perpetrator is believed to be mentally ill, most of the general public accepts that as the full explanation. It’s really not, and there are [...] No related posts.