Tag: inequality
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On Privilege
White privilege, as you may know, is a sociological concept describing the advantages enjoyed by white persons beyond what is commonly experienced by the non-white people in those same social spaces (nation, community, workplace, etc.). It differs from racism or prejudice by the fact that a person benefiting from white privilege need not hold racist […]
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OPW: Bill Gates on Challenging Inequality
Excerpts from Bill Gate’s wonderful Harvard commencement, given about two weeks ago. I didn’t post it then, but I’ve been feeling a nagging need to do so, so here it is. The full text can be found here. I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities in the world – the appalling […]