Based on your privilege self-assessment survey result from this week’s Discussion assignment, indicate the number that you scored, which indicates your level of privilege. Write a 1-2 page paper that discusses your thoughts on your level of privilege. Consider the following questions:
- Why is it important for us to be aware of privilege as an aspect of our identities/experience?
- Why don’t we (have to) attend to it on a regular basis?
- What does it mean for us to have multiple, intersecting identities – where we experience some privileges (around some identities) AND some oppression (around others)?
- What insight can this give us in
- Connecting with others;
- Being patient/generous with them and ourselves;
- Holding ourselves and others responsible for our actions; and
- Being allies or advocates?
- What identities (systems of privilege) were not represented in the survey?
- Can we and how do we hide (deny, justify, ignore) our privilege on a daily basis?
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