Privilege - Quillette (Page 2)

What Does Teaching ‘White Privilege’ Actually Accomplish? Not What You Might Think (Or Hope)

But there is a danger that, by talking about this inequality as an all-consuming phenomenon, we will end up creating a flattened and unfair image that portrays all whites in all situations and all contexts as benefiting from unearned advantages.

Zaid Jilani

23 May 2019 · 8 min read

Why Elites Dislike Standardized Testing

It is absolutely true that the SAT is the reason this scandal occurred.

Daniel Friedman

13 Mar 2019 · 9 min read

Lessons From a Recovering Identity Warrior

Its associated victimhood mentality, and the culture of (now state-sponsored) weaponized sensitivity that this mentality has incubated.

Maziar Ghaderi

20 Feb 2019 · 8 min read

The White Privilege of Being Black

The sad reality is that Martin had no choice but to burble bromides if she wished to remain a member of her progressive intellectual clique.

Allen Farrington

24 Jan 2019 · 7 min read

Privilege and Double Standards at the Kavanaugh Hearings

One would hope that senators could have worked together to examine the available evidence in a manner that showed respect for all parties involved.

Gideon Scopes

8 Oct 2018 · 10 min read

Privilege Versus Paranoia

Privilege is framed as a condition that, once acquired, can never be cured.

Steve Salerno

23 Jun 2018 · 5 min read

The High Price of Stale Grievances

Why are blacks the only ethnic group routinely and openly encouraged to nurse stale grievances back to life?

Coleman Hughes

5 Jun 2018 · 14 min read

Silence Around Test Scores Serves the Privileged

It’s true that being very smart and scoring very well on the SAT is the only way most people can have a chance of getting into an Ivy League school

Daniel Friedman

30 May 2018 · 7 min read

A Different Kind of Privilege

The largest part of the privilege they passed on to me was the privilege of good habits, good manners, a good work ethic, and a good general philosophy of life.