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check your privilege

phrase

Definitions

  1. Used to urge someone to examine their own speech and actions for bias or presumption due…

    Used to urge someone to examine their own speech and actions for bias or presumption due to social privilege and to curb or check any such bias or presumption.

    • The idea that the dominant lack the tools to recognize their role in systems of oppression is currently in the cultural ascendant. It underpins the instruction to ‘check your privilege’.

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