What’s the problem with privilege? It’s so hard to spell. Spelling the word privilege is my kryptonite; like Superman, it weakens me and prevents me from saving the world. Every time I go to ...

Last Tuesday, three North Carolina students were shot dead. I learned of this news, as many of you likely did, through social media. I went in pursuit of more information about this ...

When the word privilege enters the conversation, it often seems as if everyone hears what they least want to. The folks who have it assume that they’re being accused of being bad people for ...

The word privilege is usually thought of as a serious topic, something politicians, immigrants or mostly just adults discuss. But kids rarely have the privilege of talking about privilege. Recently… ...

Why does the word “alimony” still spark so much discomfort? Maybe because it quietly reveals an old truth: marriage has ...

What’s the problem with privilege? It’s so hard to spell. Spelling the word privilege is my kryptonite; like Superman, it weakens me and prevents me from saving the world. Every time I go to ...

Book Party The last thing on ‘privilege’ you’ll ever need to read A new book argues that accusing people of unearned advantages does nothing to address inequality -- and may only make things ...

But we don’t talk about it that way, right, and that’s where we do get the concept of privilege—and if we’re talking about race, white privilege—and we have to focus on that, we have to focus on the ...

The second problem is with the word “privilege.” Are we really talking about privilege here? Or are we talking about rights: civil rights and human rights.

The word "privilege" never crossed the lips of any teacher of mine. But as early as kindergarten or first grade, I began to understand that I was a very lucky kid. First, I realized that not ...