I have the ultimate privilege of having been born [see photo]. Furthermore I rejoice in the solemn privilege of still being alive although I have had many near death experiences.
I am a white male who has had the privilege of being close to people from all walks of life, creeds, religions, faiths, and individual circumstances. I saw them for what they were and, inevitably, how they treated me. Sometimes I was angry with them. Sometimes I judged them too harshly. Sometimes I failed in my duty of care for our friendships. Sometimes......
I can hate just as I can love: but neither emotion stems from my inherent sense of privilege. My privilege comes from the fact that I continue a line of human evolution bequeathed to me by my ancestors. I can not - with my hand on my heart - attest to the goodness or shortcomings of my antecedents; however, I can attest to the fact that they survived the trials and tribulations of their times. I guess that means that it is a privilege for me to continue the lineage of my surname.
Finally, I consider my privilege comes from the fact that I remain an indivisible whole - there is no calculus that allows me to discount any portion of my privilege not here, not there, not anywhere. Hardship is a badge of honour for the privileged few of us who are alive today [only 7.5 billion people live on this planet]. Struggle is the heavy price we pay - as individuals - whenever we grapple with our personal shortcomings. Pain is the true cost of our failure to understand human intimacy and the inept ways with which we deal with any diminution of it. Victimhood is comes whenever - either acting alone or with others - we trash our privilege of by putting the "veil of otherness" or wearing a dark shroud which signals to others that we will never accept, or embrace, our individualism.
Richard.
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