What is Privilege

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Benefits enjoyed by a member of the majority; benefit enjoyed in the position of power. Learn more in: Sounds of Silence: Patterns of Censorship and Resources for Change With LGBTQ+ Texts

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The absence of barriers and the presence of unearned positive advantages. Learn more in: Managing Privilege as a Key to Inclusive Leadership

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A social advantage available only to a specific person or people group in a social context. Learn more in: An Exploratory Factor Analysis of an Open-Access Virtual “Privilege Walk” Instrument

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An advantage given to a particular person or group, generally tied directly to power. Learn more in: Leadership Redefined: Navigating Power and Privilege for White Women Administrators in Higher Education

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A social system of unearned advantage. Learn more in: Beyond Accommodations: Study Abroad in Brazil, Teacher Preparation, and Global Consciousness

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Unearned advantages systematically given to people due to aspects of their identity (e.g., sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status, race, ability). These benefits tend to go unnoticed by people who have them and noticed by people who do not. Learn more in: Addressing Sexual and Gender Diversity in an English Education Teacher Preparation Program

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A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group. Learn more in: Men and Women Against the Other

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Based on certain aspects of personhood, such as race, class, ethnicity, gender, ability, etc., the idea that some people have more or less social power depending on their group identification. Learn more in: Caring as an Authoritative Act: Re-Thinking Respect for Students and Teachers

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Instances where one population group has something of value that others are denied simply based on the population groups they belong to. Learn more in: The Determinants of Health: Social, Structural, and Political Contributions to Health-Related Outcomes

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A special advantage that is granted only to a particular group or individual. Learn more in: The 5M Approach: Layers of Reflection

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A system of unearned advantages benefiting dominant groups. Learn more in: Synthesis and Application of Transformative Learning in Nonprofit Management

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Any unearned benefits derived from being a member of a particular group. Learn more in: Inclusive Pedagogical Practices in Online Courses

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Access to human rights and social goods such as housing, jobs, health care, education and the like, because of belonging to a certain racial group, sex, or class. Learn more in: Between Two Crises: Identity Reconstruction Through Critical Action Research Self-Study

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Benefits and rights afforded to an individual that are not afforded to all individuals. Learn more in: Culturally Responsive Program Evaluations

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Unearned advantage(s), life chances, or benefit(s) based on group membership. Learn more in: Afrocentric Thought in Adult Education

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In a PMI, a privilege can be defined as an electronic right given to users enabling them to access various resources. Learn more in: An Overview of Privilege Management Infrastructure (PMI)

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Unfairly elevates a person(s) based on historic, pervasive and systemic entitlement that unfairly grants benefits, access, and rewards to a group and denies those same opportunities to those who are not members of the preferred population. Privilege unfairly rewards some and penalizes others. Learn more in: Re-Complicating Intersectionality Considering Differences in Language and Personality Type When Considering Strategies for African American Women's Career Development

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Unearned advantages granted to members of a group by prejudicial and powerful social, institutional, and cultural systems that allocate resources and designate value (People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, 1997). Learn more in: How an Anti-Racist Organizational Change Model Can Build Capacity to Support Historically Excluded Students: A Guide for Advisors and Administrators of Pathway Programs

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Opportunities afforded to an individual or group that provides advantages over other (usually marginalized) individuals or groups who do not have access to the same advantages. Learn more in: Overcoming Implicit Bias in Collaborative Online Learning Communities

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Unearned, unsolicited advantage as a result of being affiliated with a majority group. Learn more in: The Culturally Connected School Counselor: Best Practices and Considerations